†family Osmeroididae Forey 1973 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Elopiformes - Osmeroididae

Full reference: P. L. Forey. 1973. A revision of the elopiform fishes, fossil and recent. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology Supplement 10:1-222

Parent taxon: Albuloidei according to C. Fielitz 1996

See also Forey 1973

Sister taxa: Albuloidea, Eurokidae

Subtaxa: Dinelops Osmeroides

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Type: Osmeroides

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Belgium (5 collections), the United Kingdom (4)

• Cretaceous of Canada (4: Alberta, Northwest Territories), Czechia (2), Germany (3), Greece (1), Lebanon (3), Morocco (1), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 25 collections including 34 occurrences

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