Oligopus Risso 1810 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Ophidiiformes - Bythitidae
Parent taxon: Bythitinae according to E. Steurbaut 1984
See also Nolf and Steurbaut 1983, Sepkoski 2002 and Steurbaut 1982
Sister taxon: Saccogaster
Subtaxa: Oligopus bassolii Oligopus pseudoacuminatus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: Louisiana collection)
• Miocene of France (1), Italy (1)
• Oligocene of France (2)
• Eocene of France (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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