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†family Macrorhamphosidae (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Syngnathiformes - Macrorhamphosidae

Parent taxon: Syngnathiformes according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016

See also Jordan 1963, Pietsch 1978 and Schwarzhans 2007

Sister taxa: Aulorhamphidae, Aulostomidae, Aulostomoidea, Callionymoidei, Centriscidae, Dactylopteroidei, Fistularioididae, Mulloidei, Paraeoliscidae, Parasynarcualidae, Pegasidae, Rhamphosidae, Solenostomidae, Syngnathoidei, Urosphenidae

Subtaxa: Macrorhamphosidarum

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Osteroden sand pit (Eocene of Germany)

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