Gonostoma Rafinesque 1810 (ray-finned fish)

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

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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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