Actinopteri - Perciformes - Platycephalidae
Parent taxon: Platycephalidae according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
See also Nolf 1972, Schwarzhans 1980, Schwarzhans 1985, Schwarzhans 2007, Schwarzhans et al. 2017, Sepkoski 2002, Steurbaut 1984, Stinton 1957 and Stinton and Nolf 1970
Sister taxon: Suggrundus
Subtaxa: Platycephalus aculeatus Platycephalus fluctuosus Platycephalus iaiunus Platycephalus lafondi Platycephalus maxwelli Platycephalus parapercoides Platycephalus petilus Platycephalus poyartinensis Platycephalus riremoana
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection)
• Miocene of Australia (2), New Zealand (8)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (5)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (3)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), France (1), Germany (1), New Zealand (11)
Total: 33 collections including 37 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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