Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Gonostomatidae
Alternative spelling: Gonostomus
Parent taxon: Gonostomatidae according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
See also Arambourg 1925, Arambourg 1927, Gaudant et al. 1996, Girone et al. 2006, Gradianu et al. 2017, Schwarzhans 1980 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bonapartia, Cyclothone, Gonostomatidarum, Margrethia, Scopeloides, Sigmops
Subtaxa: Gonostoma albyi Gonostoma biarritzense Gonostoma dracula Gonostoma retunsum
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (2 collections), Italy (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Italy (4), Japan (1), New Zealand (3)
• Oligocene of Romania (1)
• Eocene of France (1), New Zealand (1)
Total: 15 collections including 16 occurrences
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