Osteichthyes - Gadiformes - Moridae
Parent taxon: Moridae according to W. W. Schwarzhans and S. N. Nielsen 2021
See also Fierstine et al. 2012, Frost 1934, Nolf and Steurbaut 1983, Schwarzhans 2019, Sepkoski 2002, Steurbaut 1979 and Steurbaut 1984
Sister taxa: Actuariolum, Auchenoceros, Austrophycis, Eophycis, Fanteichthys, Gadella, Laemonema, Lepidion, Lotella, Mora, Onobrosmius, Paralaemonema, Physiculinorum, Pseudophycis, Tripterophycis
Subtaxa: Physiculus beui Physiculus huloti Physiculus pichi Physiculus rastrelliger Physiculus terakohensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (2 collections), United States (1: Louisiana)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Chile (1), Czechia (2), France (5), Greece (1), Italy (4), New Zealand (4)
• Oligocene of France (1), New Zealand (1)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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