Family Ambassidae (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Acanthopterygii - Ambassidae

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

See also Betancur et al. 2013, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Atherinomorphae, Blenniomorphae, Callionymiformes, Cichlomorphae, Congrogadidae, Embiotocidae, Grammatidae, Icosteiformes, Moroniformes, Mugilomorphae, Opisthognathidae, Plesiopidae, Polycentridae, Pomacentridae, Pseudochromidae, Scombrolabraciformes, Trachiniformes

Subtaxa: Ambassis Dapalis

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Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Greece (1 collection)

• Miocene of Germany (1)

• Oligocene of France (2)

• Eocene of France (1), Germany (1), New Zealand (6)

• Paleocene of Australia (1)

• Cretaceous of India (1)

Total: 14 collections including 19 occurrences

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