†subfamily Phyllodontinae Darteville and Casier 1949 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae

Parent taxon: Phyllodontidae according to J. Peng et al. 2001

See also Estes and Hiatt 1978

Sister taxa: Paralbula, Paralbulinae, Phyllodus

Subtaxa: Egertonia

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Type: Phyllodus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Barbados (1 collection), Belgium (1), France (2), India (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), the United Kingdom (11), United States (11: Alabama, Mississippi, Virginia, Washington)

• Paleocene of United States (1: South Carolina)

• Cretaceous of Canada (15: Alberta), France (1), Spain (1), United States (2: Maryland, North Carolina)

Total: 48 collections each including a single occurrence

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