Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Sternoptychidae
Parent taxon: Sternoptychidae according to T. Argyriou 2022
See also Bedini et al. 1986, Constantin 1999, Gaudant 2008, Gaudant et al. 1996, Gaudant et al. 2006, Girone et al. 2006, Nolf and Steurbaut 1983, Schwarzhans 1980, Schwarzhans 2019, Sepkoski 2002, Steurbaut 1979 and Steurbaut 1984
Sister taxa: Argyripnus, Argyropelecus, Danaphos, Discosternon, Eosternoptyx, Polyipnoides, Polyipnus, Sternoptychidarum, Sternoptyx, Valenciennellus
Subtaxa: Maurolicus aegrotus Maurolicus muelleri
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (5 collections), Italy (5)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Greece (2), Italy (7)
• Miocene of Algeria (3), France (4), Greece (6), Italy (12), Japan (1), New Zealand (8), Spain (1)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (4)
• Oligocene of France (1)
Total: 60 collections including 61 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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