Osteichthyes - Ephippiformes - Ephippidae

Full reference: J. Blot. 1969. Les poissons fossiles du Monte Bolca. Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona Memorie Fuori Serie N. 2 1:1-525

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

See also Bannikov 2014, Blot 1969 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Archaephippus, Chaetodipterus, Laparon, Whitephippus

Subtaxa: Eoplatax papilio

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Type: Chaetodon papilio

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

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

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