Osteichthyes - Acanthopterygii - Pygaeidae

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1835. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome IV (4me livraison) 33-52

Parent taxon: Pygaeidae according to R. van der Laan 2019

See also Agassiz 1835, Bannikov 2014, Carnevale et al. 2014, Eastman 1904 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Pygaeus agassizii Pygaeus bolcanus Pygaeus coleanus Pygaeus dorsalis Pygaeus egertoni Pygaeus gibbus Pygaeus gigas Pygaeus nobilis Pygaeus nuchalis Pygaeus oblongus

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Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

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

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