†Protarpon Forey 1973 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Elopiformes - Megalopidae
Full reference: P. L. Forey. 1973. A revision of the elopiform fishes, fossil and recent. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology Supplement 10:1-222
Parent taxon: Megalopidae according to P. L. Forey 1973
See also Khalloufi et al. 2019 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Elopoides, Megalops, Promegalops, Sedenhorstia
Subtaxa: Protarpon boualii Protarpon oblongus Protarpon priscus
Type: Megalops priscus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
• Paleocene of Morocco (1)
Total: 3 collections including 5 occurrences
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