Lepidopus caudatus Euphrasen 1788 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Trichiuridae
Belongs to Lepidopus according to E. Steurbaut 1984
See also Aguilera and de Aguilera 2001 and Steurbaut 1979
Sister taxa: Lepidopus albyi, Lepidopus anguis, Lepidopus gouanianus, Lepidopus lateralis, Lepidopus lerichei, Lepidopus proargenteus
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Greece (1 collection)
• Miocene of France (3), Greece (1)
• Oligocene of the Czech Republic (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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