Prosolenostomus Blot 1981 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Syngnathiformes - Syngnathidae

Parent taxon: Syngnathidae according to G. Carnevale et al. 2014

See also Bannikov 2014 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acanthognathus, Bryx, Doryrhamphus, Dunckerocampus, Eogastrophinae, Hippocampus, Hipposyngnathinae, Leptonotus, Pshekhagnathinae, Syngnathinae, Syngnathus, Syngnathus bolcensis, Syngnathus heckeli

Subtaxa: Prosolenostomus lessinii

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Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Monte Bolca, Pesciara (general) (Eocene of Italy)

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