Family Ambassidae (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Ambassidae

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

See also Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Atherinomorphae, Blenniimorphae, Cichlomorphae, Embiotocidae, Mugilomorphae, Plesiopidae, Polycentridae, Pomacentridae, Pseudochromidae

Subtaxa: Ambassis Dapalis

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Greece (1 collection)

• Miocene of Germany (1)

• Oligocene of France (2)

• Eocene of France (1), Germany (1), New Zealand (6)

• Paleocene of Australia (1)

• Cretaceous of India (1)

Total: 14 collections including 19 occurrences

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