Osteichthyes - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
Parent taxon: Ophidiidae according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
See also Casier 1966, Nolf and Dockery 1993, Schwarzhans 1980 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aequalobythites, Bassozetus, Chilara, Fierasfer, Genypterinae, Hoplobrotula, Hoplobrotuloides, Hypopleuron, Lepophidium, Neobythites, Neobythitinae, Nolfophidion, Ophidiidarum, Ophidiinae, Ophidion, Ophidium voltianum, Otophidium, Pseudaequalobythites, Sirembinae, Sirembola, Spectrunculus, Zonobythites
Subtaxa: Ampheristus brevicaudatus Ampheristus pentlandensis Ampheristus sinuocaudatus Ampheristus toliapicus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (2 collections), New Zealand (9), the United Kingdom (3), United States (3: Alabama, Maryland, Virginia)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Alabama)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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