Callionymus Linnaeus 1758 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Syngnathiformes - Callionymidae

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: Callionymidae according to W. Schwarzhans 2019

See also Carnevale et al. 2006, Casier 1946, Schwarzhans 2013 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Protonymus

Subtaxa: Callionymus eocaenus Callionymus hakatarameaensis Callionymus macrocephalus Callionymus triquetrus

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of India (1 collection), Italy (2), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1)

• Waitakian of New Zealand (1)

• Eocene of Belgium (1), the United Kingdom (5)

Total: 13 collections including 14 occurrences

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