Actinopteri - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
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: Sirembinae according to W. Schwarzhans and A. Bratischko 2011
See also Ebersole et al. 2019, Frizzell and Dante 1965 and Schwarzhans 2007
Sister taxa: Gadophycis, Sirembinorum, Sirembo
Subtaxa: Preophidion convexus Preophidion meyeri Preophidion petropolis Preophidion stintoni
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite
Distribution:
• Eocene of Germany (1 collection), United States (8: Louisiana, Texas)
• Tertiary of United States (1: Mississippi)
• Paleocene of Ukraine (1)
Total: 11 collections including 14 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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