Osteichthyes - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
Alternative spelling: Otolithus (Ophidiidarum)
Parent taxon: Ophidiidae according to W. Schwarzhans 2007
See also Casier 1966, Heinrich 1969 and Koken 1891
Sister taxa: Aequalobythites, Ampheristus, Bassozetus, Chilara, Fierasfer, Genypterinae, Hoplobrotula, Hoplobrotuloides, Hypopleuron, Lepophidium, Neobythites, Neobythitinae, Nolfophidion, Ophidiinae, Ophidion, Ophidium voltianum, Otophidium, Pseudaequalobythites, Sirembinae, Sirembola, Spectrunculus, Zonobythites
Subtaxa: Ophidiidarum boettgeri Ophidiidarum compactus Ophidiidarum elongatus Ophidiidarum joachimicus Ophidiidarum obliquus Ophidiidarum obotritus Ophidiidarum seelandicus Ophidiidarum subregularis Ophidiidarum symmetricus Otolithus (Ophidiidarum) difformis Otolithus (Ophidiidarum) hybridus Otolithus (Ophidiidarum) marchicus Otolithus (Ophidiidarum) sagittalis Otolithus (Ophidiidarum) saxonicus
Type: Otolithus (Ophidiidarum) occultus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite
Distribution:
• Miocene of Germany (2 collections), New Zealand (1)
• Neogene of Indonesia (1)
• Eocene of Germany (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (2: Texas)
• Paleocene of Denmark (4), Greenland (1)
Total: 15 collections including 23 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.