Full reference: D. L. Frizzell and J. H. Dante. 1965. Otoliths of some early Cenozoic fishes of the Gulf Coast. Journal of Paleontology 39(4):687-718
Parent taxon: Beryciformes according to D. L. Frizzell and J. H. Dante 1965
Sister taxa: Africentrum, Anoplogastridae, Barbourisiidae, Berycidae, Berycoidei, Berycomorus, Berycopsis, Beryx dalmaticus, Beryx subovatus, Cetomimidae, Cryptoberyx, Ctenoberyx, Dinopterygoidei, Diretmidae, Gibberichthyidae, Hispidoberycidae, Holocentrites, Holocentroidea, Holocentroidei, Inocentrus, Kryptophanaron, Melamphaidae, Monocentridae, Omosoma, Pattersonoberyx, Plectrypops, Plesioberyx, Polymixioidei, Poromitra, Pseudholocentrum, Pseudomonocentrididae, Quaesitoberycidae, Rondeletiidae, Sargocentron, Scianenuropsis, Stephanoberycidae, Trachichthyoidei
Subtaxa: Brazosiella kokeni Brazosiella moseleyi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (12: Alabama, California, Texas collections)
Total: 12 collections including 21 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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