Osteichthyes - Istiophoriformes - Blochiidae

Parent taxon: Blochiidae according to G. Carnevale et al. 2014

See also Agassiz 1835, Bannikov 2014, Fierstine 2006, Schultz 1987, Sepkoski 2002 and van der Laan 2019

Sister taxa: Acestrus, Congorhynchus, Loancorhynchus

Subtaxa: Blochius longirostris Blochius macropterus Blochius moorheadi

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Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Monte Bolca, Pesciara (general) (Eocene of Italy)

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