Family Ammodytidae (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Ammodytidae

Parent taxon: Trachiniformes according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016

See also Betancur et al. 2013, Carnevale 2004, Danil'chenko 1960, Danil'chenko 1980, Fierstine et al. 2012, Jordan 1963 and Přikryl et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Champsodontidae, Cheimarrhichthyidae, Leptoscopidae, Trachinidae, Trichonotidae

Subtaxa: Ammodytes Ammodytidarum Gymnammodytes Hyperoplus

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (3: Oregon collections)

• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)

• Miocene of Algeria (2), France (1)

• Oligocene of Belgium (1), Poland (1), Romania (1)

• Eocene of Germany (1)

Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences

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