Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Merlucciidae
Parent taxon: Merlucciidae according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
See also Bedini et al. 1986, Carnevale and Godfrey 2018, Constantin 1999, Danil'chenko 1960, Fierstine et al. 2012, Fitch and Lavenberg 1983, Girone et al. 2006, Heinrich 1969, Lin et al. 2017, Nolf and Steurbaut 1983, Pauca 1929, Purdy et al. 2001, Schwarzhans 1978, Sepkoski 2002, Steurbaut 1984 and Stinton 1957
Sister taxa: Macrurulus, Merlucciidarum, Merlucciinae, Palaeogadus, Promerluccius, Rhinocephalus
Subtaxa: Merluccius abreviatus Merluccius athanasiui Merluccius attenuatus Merluccius balticus Merluccius bilinearis Merluccius emarginatus Merluccius fimbriatus Merluccius inferus Merluccius lednevi Merluccius macroactus Merluccius merluccius Merluccius miocenicus Merluccius obtusus Merluccius ovalis Merluccius productus Merluccius pukeuriensis Merluccius rattazzii Merluccius romanicus Merluccius vulgaris
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (4 collections), Spain (1), United States (4: California, Oregon)
• Mangapanian of New Zealand (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Italy (4), New Zealand (1), United States (2: California, North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Algeria (2), Australia (2), Azerbaijan (1), Belgium (1), the Czech Republic (3), Germany (2), Italy (7), New Zealand (1), United States (4: Virginia)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), Azerbaijan (2), France (1), Hungary (1), Romania (2)
• Paleocene of Denmark (4), Greenland (1)
Total: 55 collections including 58 occurrences
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