Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae
Parent taxon: Scombridae according to D. S. Jordan and J. Z. Gilbert 1920
See also Carnevale and Godfrey 2018, Collette et al. 2001, Klawe 1977, Monsch 2004, Purdy et al. 2001, Starks 1910 and Weems 1999
Sister taxa: Acanthocybiinae, Acanthonotos, Ardiodus, Cariniceps, Caucombrus, Cybium, Eoscomber, Eoscombrus, Eucynodus, Gasterochismatinae, Gasteronemus, Godsilia, Lepidocybium, Ocystias, Pelamys, Pneumatophorus, Pseudauxides, Sardinae, Sardini, Scomber, Scomberodon, Scombridarum, Scombrinae, Scombrosarda, Thunnoscomberoides, Toxopoma, Tunita, Turio, Wetherellus, Xestias
Subtaxa: Acanthocybium proosti Acanthocybium solandri
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Miocene of Belgium (1), Mexico (1), United States (2: Virginia), Venezuela (1)
• Eocene of United States (1: Virginia)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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