Suborder Callionymoidei (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Syngnathiformes

Parent taxon: Syngnathiformes according to R. van der Laan 2019

See also Betancur et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Aulorhamphidae, Aulostomidae, Aulostomoidea, Centriscidae, Dactylopteroidei, Fistularioididae, Gerpegezhidae, Macrorhamphosidae, Mulloidei, Paraeoliscidae, Parasynarcualidae, Pegasidae, Rhamphosidae, Solenostomidae, Syngnathoidei, Urosphenidae

Subtaxa: Callionymidae Gilmourella

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Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Taiwan (1)

• Miocene of India (1), Italy (2), Kazakhstan (1), New Zealand (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia (1)

• Waitakian of New Zealand (1)

• Eocene of Belgium (1), Italy (1), the United Kingdom (5)

Total: 18 collections including 21 occurrences

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