Egertonia Cocchi 1866 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae

Parent taxon: Phyllodontinae according to J. L. Goedert et al. 2024

See also Casier 1946, Casier 1958, Casier 1966, Cvancara and Hoganson 1993, Ebersole et al. 2019, Maisch et al. 2016, Miller 1967, Otero et al. 2015, Sepkoski 2002, Weems 1998 and Weems 1999

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Egertonia isodonta

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Barbados (1 collection), Belgium (1), France (2), India (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), the United Kingdom (11), United States (11: Alabama, Mississippi, Virginia, Washington)

• Paleocene of United States (1: South Carolina)

• Cretaceous of United States (2: Maryland, North Carolina)

Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence

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