Mene Lacépède 1803 (moonfish)

Actinopteri - Acanthomorpha - Menidae

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

See also Bannikov 2014, Danil'chenko 1980, Friedman and Johnson 2005 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bathysoma, Menidarum

Subtaxa: Mene garviei Mene oblonga Mene psarianosi Mene purdyi Mene rhombea Mene triangulum

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Greece (2 collections), Venezuela (1)

• Oligocene of Czechia (1)

• Eocene of France (1), Italy (1), Turkmenistan (1), United States (1: Texas)

• Paleocene of Peru (1)

Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences

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