Suborder Osteoglossoidei (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Osteoglossiformes

Alternative spelling: Osteoglossoidea

Parent taxon: Osteoglossiformes according to L. Taverne 2022

See also Bogan et al. 2010, Casier 1966, Frizzell and Dante 1965, Jordan 1963 and Li et al. 1997

Sister taxa: Arapaimidae, Foreyichthyidae, Gymnarchidae, Lopadichthys, Lycopteridae, Monopteros, Mormyridae, Notopteridae, Opsithrissops, Osteoglossidae, Saurocephalidae, Tongxinichthys, Wakinoichthiidae, Wilsonichthys, Xixiaichthys

Subtaxa: Clupisudidae Pantodontidae

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Peru (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of Lebanon (2)

Total: 3 collections including 6 occurrences

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