Gymnarchus Cuvier 1829 (aba knifefish)

Actinopteri - Osteoglossiformes - Gymnarchidae

Parent taxon: Gymnarchidae according to O. Otero et al. 2015

See also Sereno et al. 2008

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (1 collection), Ethiopia (1), Kenya (11), Niger (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1)

• Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), Kenya (6), Uganda (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Kenya (1), Uganda (9)

• Miocene of Chad (1), Kenya (1), Uganda (2)

• Oligocene of Kenya (1)

• Eocene of Libya (3)

Total: 41 collections each including a single occurrence

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