Actinopteri - Scorpaeniformes - Trichodontidae

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

See also Jordan 1963

Sister taxa: Anoplopomatoidei, Aploactinidae, Bathylutichthyidae, Bembridae, Caracanthidae, Congiopodidae, Cottoidei, Ctenopomichthys, Eschmeyeridae, Eulophiidae, Eutrigla, Gnathanacanthidae, Hexagrammoidei, Hoplichthyidae, Jordaniidae, Neoplatycephalus, Normanichthyidae, Notesthes, Ophiodon, Pataecidae, Peristediidae, Plectrogeniidae, Podothecus, Ptilichthyidae, Rhamphocottidae, Scorpaenichthyidae, Scytalinidae, Triglidae, Zaniolepididae, Zaniolepis

Subtaxa: Trichodon

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at S137/f499 - Rifle Butts Fm, Pukeuri (Miocene of New Zealand)

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