Family Ophiodontidae (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Cataphracti - Ophiodontidae
Parent taxon: Hexagrammiformes according to D. S. Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Anoplopomidae, Erilepidae, Oxylebiidae
Subtaxa: Ozymandias
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence