Family Leiognathidae Gill 1893 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Acanthopterygii - Leiognathidae

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

See also Bannikov 2014, Betancur et al. 2013, Carnevale et al. 2014, Danil'chenko 1960, Danil'chenko 1980, Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016, Schwarzhans and Bratischko 2011 and Yabumoto and Uyeno 1994

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Eoleiognathinae Eoleiognathus Euleiognathus Gazza Leiognathus Secutor

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of Gabon (1 collection), Japan (2)

• Oligocene of France (2), Hungary (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1)

• Eocene of Italy (1)

Total: 9 collections including 11 occurrences

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