†Egertonia Cocchi 1866 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Parent taxon: Phyllodontidae according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2019
See also Casier 1946, Casier 1958, Casier 1966, Cvancara and Hoganson 1993, Maisch et al. 2016, Miller 1967, Otero et al. 2015, Sepkoski 2002, Weems 1998 and Weems 1999
Sister taxa: Paralbula, Paralbulinae, Phyllodontinae, Phyllodus
Subtaxa: Egertonia isodonta
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Barbados (1 collection), Belgium (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (9: Alabama, Mississippi, Virginia)
• Paleocene of United States (1: South Carolina)
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Maryland, North Carolina)
Total: 23 collections including 24 occurrences
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