Osteichthyes - Elopiformes - Elopidae
Synonym: Aethalion Munster 1842 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Elopidae according to P. L. Forey 1973
See also Arratia 2000, Patterson 1975, Sepkoski 2002, Wagner 1863, White and Moy-Thomas 1940, Woodward 1895 and Woodward 1919
Sister taxa: Ctenodentelops, Ectasis, Elops, Elopsomolos, Esocelops, Hemielopopsis, Ichthyemidion, Lastroichthys, Notelops, Palelops, Paraelops, Paratarpon, Parelops, Protelops, Rhacolepis, Thrissopteroides
Subtaxa: Aethalion blainvellei Aethalion crassus Aethalion gigas Aethalion macrorhynchus Aethalion tenuis Aethalion vidali Anaethalion knorri Anaethalion valdensis Anaethalion zapporum
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), Germany (1), Italy (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1)
• Jurassic of Germany (6)
Total: 11 collections including 13 occurrences
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