Family Arapaimidae (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Osteoglossiformes - Arapaimidae

Parent taxon: Osteoglossiformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013

See also Bannikov 2014, Carnevale et al. 2014 and Jordan 1963

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

Subtaxa: Arapaima Thrissopterus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Colombia (1 collection)

• Eocene of Italy (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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