Megalops Lacépède 1803 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Megalopidae
Parent taxon: Megalopidae according to A. K. Hastings and A. C. Dooley 2017
See also Casier 1966, Fierstine et al. 2012, Purdy et al. 2001, Sepkoski 2002, Stinton 1957 and Woodward 1901
Sister taxa: Elopoides, Promegalops, Protarpon, Sedenhorstia
Subtaxa: Megalops atlanticus Megalops lissa Megalops oblongus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: Florida collection)
• Miocene of Australia (1), United States (6: Florida, North Carolina, Virginia)
• Oligocene of Australia (2)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1)
• Cretaceous of Mexico (1)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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