Family Molidae (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Tetraodontiformes - Molidae
Parent taxon: Moloidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Carnevale and Godfrey 2018, Gregorova et al. 2009, Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016, Purdy et al. 2001, Santini and Tyler 2003, Tyler and Santini 2002 and Tyler and Sorbini 1996
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Austromola Eomola Mola Ranzania
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Austria (1), Belgium (1), Italy (1), Japan (1), United States (6: Maryland, Virginia)
• Oligocene of the Russian Federation (1)
• Eocene of Italy (1)
Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences