Osteichthyes - Argentiniformes - Argentinidae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Argentinidae according to C. Lin and A. O’Dea 2025
See also Casier 1966, Fierstine et al. 2012, Gaemers 1984, Girone et al. 2006, Lin et al. 2017, Schwarzhans 1980, Schwarzhans 2003, Schwarzhans 2004, Schwarzhans 2019, Schwarzhans and Miàn 2017, Schwarzhans et al. 2017, Schwarzhans and Nielsen 2021, Sepkoski 2002, Steurbaut 1979 and Steurbaut 1984
Sister taxa: Glossanodon, Nansenia, Proargentina, Protargentinolithus
Subtaxa: Argentina antarctica Argentina cyclomorpha Argentina elongata Argentina extenuata Argentina longirostris Argentina retusa Argentina rumana Argentina sialis Argentina sphyraena Argentina striata Argentina subfrigida
Type: Argentina sphyraena
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), Italy (1), Japan (1), United States (1: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Italy (1)
• Miocene of Chile (2), France (4), Italy (1), New Zealand (13), Panama (1), Romania (2)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (8)
• Oligocene of Belgium (18), Germany (2), Hungary (1), New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1)
• Paleocene of Denmark (3)
Total: 63 collections including 64 occurrences
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