Family Zeidae (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Zeiformes - Zeidae

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

See also Danil'chenko 1960, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Archaeozeus, Bajaichthyidae, Cyttidae, Cyttoides, Grammicolepididae, Oreosomatidae, Palaeocyttus, Parazenidae, Protozeus, Zeiformorum, Zeniontidae

Subtaxa: Zenopsis Zeus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1 collection)

• Miocene of Algeria (2), Italy (4)

• Oligocene of the Czech Republic (1), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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