Osteichthyes - Labriformes - Labridae
Synonyms: Asima Giebel 1848, Stylodus Sauvage 1880
Parent taxon: Trigonodontidae according to O. Schultz and D. R. Bellwood 2004
See also Arambourg 1927, Casier 1946, Schultz 1978, Sepkoski 2002 and Vicens and RodrÃguez-Perea 2003
Sister taxa: Bellwoodilabrus, Bodianus, Cheilini, Crenilabrus, Eocoris, Hypsigenyini, Julidini, Labrichthyini, Labrinae, Labrini, Labrobolcus, Labrodon, Labrus, Malapterus, Novaculini, Nummopalatus, Paralabrus, Pharyngodopilus, Phyllopharyngodon, Platylaemus, Protautoga, Pseudocheilini, Pseudolabrini, Pseudosphaerodon, Pseudovomer, Scarini, Semicossyphus, Symphodus, Taurinichthys, Trigonodontinae, Wainwrightilabrus, Zorzinilabrus
Subtaxa: Trigonodon jugleri
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Algeria (1 collection), Czechia (1), France (3), Italy (1), Portugal (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (4)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), Saudi Arabia (1)
Total: 14 collections including 16 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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