Family Paralepididae (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Paralepididae

Alternative spelling: Paralepidae

Parent taxon: Aulopiformes according to H. L. Fierstine et al. 2012

See also Bannikov 2014, Betancur et al. 2013, Carnevale et al. 2014, Constantin 1999, Danil'chenko 1960, Girone et al. 2006, Jordan 1963, Lin et al. 2017, Nelson et al. 2016 and Přikryl et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Acrognathus, Alepisauroidei, Aulopoidei, Bathysauroididae, Enchodontoidei, Halecoidei, Ichthyotringoidei, Lestidiidae, Notolepis, Paraulopidae, Paraulopoidei, Pseudotrichonotidae, Scopelarchidae, Synodidae

Subtaxa: Drimys Holosteinae Paralepididarum Paralepis

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Algeria (5 collections), Greece (1), Italy (9), United States (1: California)

• Oligocene of Poland (1)

• Eocene of Italy (1)

Total: 18 collections including 20 occurrences

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