Suborder Antennarioidei (anglerfish)

Actinopteri - Lophiiformes

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

See also Bannikov 2014, Carnevale and Pietsch 2010, Constantin 1999 and Schultz 2006

Sister taxa: Brachionichthyidae, Caulophrynidae, Centrophrynidae, Ceratioidei, Chaunacoidei, Diceratiidae, Linophrynidae, Lophichthyidae, Lophiidae, Lophioidei, Neoceratiidae, Ogcocephaloidei, Ogcocephalus, Tetrabrachiidae, Thaumatichthyidae

Subtaxa: Antennariidae Onchocephalidae Tetrabranchidae

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Algeria (1 collection)

• Eocene of Germany (1), Italy (1)

Total: 3 collections including 5 occurrences

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