Suborder Exocoetoidei (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Beloniformes

Parent taxon: Beloniformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Adrianichthyoidei, Cobitopsis, Forficidae, Hemilampronites, Tselfatoidei

Subtaxa: Belonidae Exocoetidae Hemiramphidae Scomberesocidae Zenarchopteridae

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection), the Marshall Islands (2), Turks and Caicos Islands (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)

• Pliocene of Greece (3), Italy (6), Jamaica (2), United States (1: Florida)

• Miocene of Algeria (2), the Czech Republic (2), France (1), Italy (5), the Russian Federation (1), United States (4: California)

• Oligocene of Belgium (1), Germany (2)

• Eocene of Germany (1), Italy (1), United States (11: California, Louisiana)

Total: 48 collections including 62 occurrences

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