Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Merlucciidae
Synonym: Nemopteryx Agassiz 1842
Parent taxon: Merlucciidae according to W. Schwarzhans 2007
See also Casier 1966, Constantin 1999, Danil'chenko 1960, Gaemers 1984, Jerzmanska 1968, Pauca 1931, Přikryl et al. 2016, Schwarzhans 2003, Sepkoski 2002 and Weiler 1938
Sister taxa: Macrurulus, Merlucciidarum, Merlucciinae, Merluccius, Promerluccius, Rhinocephalus
Subtaxa: Nemopteryx crassus Nemopteryx elongatus Nemopteryx kubacskai Palaeogadus (Lotimorpha) Palaeogadus abbreviatus Palaeogadus atropatanus Palaeogadus compactus Palaeogadus intergerinus Palaeogadus latebrosus Palaeogadus nodosus Palaeogadus ruisbroekensis Palaeogadus serratus Palaeogadus sinangulatus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Azerbaijan (1 collection), Germany (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Georgia (1)
• Oligocene of Belgium (1), the Czech Republic (1), Germany (2), Hungary (1), Poland (2), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (1)
• Eocene of Germany (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Paleocene of Denmark (4)
Total: 19 collections including 21 occurrences
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