Coryphaenoides Gunnerus 1765 (grenadiers)

Osteichthyes - Gadiformes - Macrouridae

Parent taxon: Macrouridae according to W. Schwarzhans 2003

See also Girone et al. 2006, Lin et al. 2017, Nolf and Steurbaut 1983 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Amblygoniolepidus, Bolbocara, Calilepidus, Coelorhynchus, Coelorinchus, Homeocoryphaenoides, Homeomacrurus, Homeonezumia, Hymenocephalus, Lepidorhynchus, Leptacantholepidus, Macrourinae, Macrourus, Nezumia, Oxygoniolepidus, Promacrurus, Pyknolepidus, Razelainia, Trachyrincinae, Trachyrincus

Subtaxa: Coryphaenoides amager Coryphaenoides biobtusus Coryphaenoides contortus Coryphaenoides guentheri Coryphaenoides maximus Coryphaenoides richi Coryphaenoides rupestris

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Type: Coryphaenoides rupestris

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Italy (5 collections)

• Miocene of Italy (4)

• Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)

• Paleocene of Denmark (2)

Total: 12 collections including 16 occurrences

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