Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Ariidae
Alternative spelling: Otolithus (Arius)
Parent taxon: Ariidae according to W. Schwarzhans and A. Bratischko 2011
See also Cvancara and Hoganson 1993, Leriche 1942, Nolf and Steurbaut 1983, Sahni and Mishra 1975, Sepkoski 2002, Weems 1999 and White 1926
Sister taxa: Ariidarum, Ariopsis, Bagre, Plotosus, Qarmoutus
Subtaxa: Arius africanus Arius amekiensis Arius angulatus Arius danicus Arius hewardbelli Arius kitsoni Arius russi Arius subtilis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: Florida, Georgia collections)
• Pliocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Hemphillian of Costa Rica (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chad (1)
• Miocene of Brazil (2), Panama (2), Venezuela (2)
• Eocene of Germany (1), India (4), Nigeria (4), the United Kingdom (5), United States (5: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Virginia)
• Paleocene of Denmark (4), Ukraine (1)
• Cretaceous of India (1)
Total: 36 collections including 54 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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