Osteichthyes - Aulopiformes - Chlorophthalmidae
Parent taxon: Chlorophthalmidae according to W. Schwarzhans and A. Bratischko 2011
See also Schwarzhans 1980, Schwarzhans 1985, Schwarzhans 2003, Schwarzhans 2004, Schwarzhans 2007, Schwarzhans 2019 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bathypterois, Iniomus
Subtaxa: Chlorophthalmus agassizi Chlorophthalmus deflecticauda Chlorophthalmus fraserbrunneri Chlorophthalmus nigripinnis Chlorophthalmus oligocenicus Chlorophthalmus postangulatus Chlorophthalmus tortus Chlorophthalmus udovichenkoi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (2 collections)
• Pliocene of Greece (1)
• Miocene of New Zealand (1)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (6)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (3)
• Eocene of Germany (1)
• Paleocene of Denmark (4), Greenland (1), Ukraine (1), United States (1: Alabama)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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