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Family Pomatomidae (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Scombriformes - Pomatomidae

Parent taxon: Scombriformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013

See also Bannikov 2014, Carnevale et al. 2014, Carnevale and Godfrey 2018, David 1943, Fierstine et al. 2012, Jordan 1963, Miya et al. 2013, Nelson et al. 2016, Purdy et al. 2001 and Weems 1999

Sister taxa: Amarsipidae, Ariommatidae, Bramidae, Carangodidae, Caristiidae, Centrolophidae, Chiasmodontidae, Euzaphlegidae, Gempylidae, Icosteidae, Nomeidae, Scombridae, Scombroidei, Scombrolabracidae, Scombropidae, Stromateidae, Tetragonuridae, Thunnidae, Trichiuridae

Subtaxa: Carangopsis Lophar Pomatomus Pseudoseriola Sullivanichthys

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection)

• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)

• Miocene of United States (2: California)

• Eocene of Italy (1), United States (1: Virginia)

Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences

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