Actinopteri - Labriformes - Labridae
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1873. Notice of fossil vertebrata from the Miocene of Virginia. American Journal of Science and Arts 5(25-30):311-312
Parent taxon: Labridae according to J. Leidy 1873
See also Alessandri 1896, Cione et al. 2000, Hay 1902 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bellwoodilabrus, Bodianus, Cheilini, Crenilabrus, Eocoris, Hypsigenyini, Julidini, Labrichthyini, Labrinae, Labrini, Labrobolcus, Labrodon, Labrus, Malapterus, Novaculini, Nummopalatus, Paralabrus, Phyllopharyngodon, Platylaemus, Pseudocheilini, Pseudolabrini, Pseudosphaerodon, Pseudovomer, Scarini, Semicossyphus, Symphodus, Taurinichthys, Trigonodontinae, Wainwrightilabrus, Zorzinilabrus
Subtaxa: Protautoga conidens Protautoga longidens
Type: Tautoga (Protautoga) conidens
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (1 collection), United States (6: Virginia)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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