Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Dercetidae
Parent taxon: Dercetidae according to N. Tabaste 1963
See also Applegate 1970, Hay 1902, Sepkoski 2002 and Thurmond and Jones 1981
Sister taxa: Anguillavus hackberryensis, Apuliadercetis, Benthesikyme, Brazilodercetis, Candelarhynchus, Caudadercetis, Cyranichthys, Dercetis, Dercetis latiscutatus, Dercetis maximus, Dercetis reussi, Dercetoides, Hastichthys, Kwangodercetis, Leccedercetis, Nardodercetis, Ophidercetis, Paradercetis, Pelargorhynchus, Rhynchodercetis, Scandiadercetis
Subtaxa: Stratodus apicalis Stratodus oxypogon
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mali (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Israel (2), Jordan (2), Mali (1), Morocco (5), Niger (4), Syria (3), United States (4: Alabama)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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