†Esocelops Woodward 1901 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Elopidae
Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1901. Catalogue of Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part IV 1-636
Parent taxon: Elopidae according to A. S. Woodward 1901
See also Casier 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anaethalion, Ctenodentelops, Ectasis, Elops, Elopsomolos, Hemielopopsis, Ichthyemidion, Lastroichthys, Notelops, Palelops, Paraelops, Paratarpon, Parelops, Protelops, Rhacolepis, Thrissopteroides
Subtaxa: Esocelops cavifrons
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Isle of Sheppey (BMNH collection) (Eocene of the United Kingdom)
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