Family Ogcocephalidae (anglerfish)
Actinopteri - Lophiiformes - Ogcocephalidae
Parent taxon: Ogcocephaloidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Bannikov 2014, Carnevale et al. 2014, Gaemers 1984, Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016, Schultz 2006 and Schwarzhans 2007
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Dibranchus Halieutaea Ogcocephalidarum Tarkus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (1 collection), Italy (1)
• Eocene of Italy (1), New Zealand (5)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence