Actinopteri - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
Parent taxon: Ophidiidae according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
See also Casier 1966, Lin et al. 2017, Lin et al. 2017, Schwarzhans 1980, Schwarzhans 1985, Schwarzhans et al. 2017 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aequalobythites, Ampheristus, Bassozetus, Chilara, Fierasfer, Genypterinae, Hoplobrotula, Hoplobrotuloides, Lepophidium, Neobythitinae, Nolfophidion, Ophidiidarum, Ophidiinae, Ophidion, Ophidium voltianum, Otophidium, Pseudaequalobythites, Sirembinae, Sirembola, Zonobythites
Subtaxa: Neobythites auribatianus Neobythites auriculatus Neobythites bozzolo Neobythites inprobus Neobythites joenielseni Neobythites leonardi Neobythites lindqvisti Neobythites turpidus Neobythites verus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: Louisiana collection)
• Miocene of Italy (1), New Zealand (9)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (2)
• Oligocene of France (1), New Zealand (4)
• Eocene of Australia (4), France (6), New Zealand (2), the United Kingdom (6)
Total: 36 collections including 41 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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