Ammodytes Linnaeus 1758 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Ammodytidae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Parent taxon: Ammodytidae according to B. J. Welton 2015

See also Danil'chenko 1960, Danil'chenko 1980, Fierstine et al. 2012, Fitch and Lavenberg 1983, Heinrich 1969, Jerzmanska 1968, Pauca 1929, Sepkoski 2002 and Steurbaut 1984

Sister taxa: Ammodytidarum, Gymnammodytes, Hyperoplus

Subtaxa: Ammodytes antipae Ammodytes antipai Ammodytes hexapterus

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (3: Oregon collections)

• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)

• Oligocene of Romania (1)

Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences

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