Brosmophycis Gill 1861 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Ophidiiformes - Bythitidae
Parent taxon: Bythitidae according to H. L. Fierstine et al. 2012
See also Casier 1966 and Nolf 1972
Sister taxa: Aphyoninae, Bellotia, Brosmophycinae, Brosmophyciops, Bythitidarum, Bythitinae, Dinematichthyinae, Dinematichthys, Diplacanthopoma, Grammonus, Propteridium, Pseudonus, Timorichthys
Subtaxa: Brosmophycis elegans Brosmophycis marginata Brosmophycis regularis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: California collections)
• Oligocene of Belgium (14)
• Eocene of Belgium (2), France (1), the United Kingdom (5)
Total: 24 collections including 25 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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