Mene Lacépède 1803 (moonfish)
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Osteichthyes - Acanthopterygii - Menidae
Parent taxon: Menidae according to G. Carnevale et al. 2014
See also Bannikov 2014, Blot 1969, 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
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Greece (2 collections), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of Czechia (1)
• Eocene of France (1), Italy (1), Turkmenistan (1), United States (2: Texas)
• Paleocene of Peru (1)
Total: 10 collections including 11 occurrences
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