Actinopteri - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae

Parent taxon: Ophidiidae according to D. Nolf and E. Steurbaut 1983

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Aequalobythites, Ampheristus, Chilara, Fierasfer, Genypterinae, Hoplobrotula, Hoplobrotuloides, Lepophidium, Neobythites, Neobythitinae, Nolfophidion, Ophidiidarum, Ophidiinae, Ophidion, Ophidium voltianum, Otophidium, Pseudaequalobythites, Sirembinae, Sirembola, Zonobythites

Subtaxa: Bassozetus otteri

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite

Distribution: found only at Montegibbio (Miocene of Italy)

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