Osteichthyes - Scombriformes - Gempylidae

Full reference: P. Calzoni, L. Guisberti, and G. Carnevale. 2025. The Ypresian fishes of the Solteri lagerstätte (Trento, Northern Italy): A glimpse into the Early Eocene Tethyan mesopelagic assemblages. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 131(2):457-514

Parent taxon: Gempylidae according to P. Calzoni et al. 2025

Sister taxa: Abadzekhia, Chelifichthys, Contemptor, Diplospinus, Eothyrsites, Gempylidarum, Gempylus, Krampusichthys, Laurinichthys, Nealotus, Progempylus, Thyrsites, Thyrsitoides

Subtaxa: Wudelenia diabolica

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Type: Wudelenia diabolica

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Angelini quarry, Solteri (Eocene of Italy)

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