Osteichthyes - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
Parent taxon: Ophidiidae according to W. Schwarzhans 2007
See also Schwarzhans 1980, Schwarzhans 1985 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aequalobythites, Ampheristus, Bassozetus, Chilara, Fierasfer, Genypterinae, Hoplobrotula, Hoplobrotuloides, Hypopleuron, Lepophidium, Neobythites, Neobythitinae, Ophidiidarum, Ophidiinae, Ophidion, Ophidium voltianum, Otophidium, Pseudaequalobythites, Sirembinae, Sirembola, Spectrunculus, Zonobythites
Subtaxa: Nolfophidion refertus Nolfophidion tumidus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Australia (4 collections)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), France (1), Germany (1), New Zealand (2)
Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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