Monomitopus Alcock 1890 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
Parent taxon: Neobythitinae according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
See also Schwarzhans 1980 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Glyptophidium, Neobythitini
Subtaxa: Monomitopus nudus Monomitopus ovalis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (2 collections)
• Miocene of New Zealand (3)
• Eocene of New Zealand (3), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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