Glyptophidium Alcock 1889 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
Parent taxon: Neobythitinae according to D. Nolf and S. Bajpai 1992
See also Schwarzhans 1985 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Monomitopus, Neobythitini
Subtaxa: Glyptophidium nielseni Glyptophidium pseudobiarritzense Glyptophidium stringeri
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite
Distribution:
• Eocene of Australia (1 collection), France (5), Indonesia (1), United States (3: Texas)
Total: 10 collections including 15 occurrences
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