Suborder Ogcocephaloidei (anglerfish)

Actinopteri - Lophiiformes

Alternative spelling: Ogcocephalioidei

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

See also Bannikov 2014 and Schultz 2006

Sister taxa: Antennarioidei, Brachionichthyidae, Caulophrynidae, Centrophrynidae, Ceratioidei, Chaunacoidei, Diceratiidae, Linophrynidae, Lophichthyidae, Lophioidei, Neoceratiidae, Ogcocephalus, Tetrabrachiidae, Thaumatichthyidae

Subtaxa: Ogcocephalidae

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Australia (1 collection), Italy (1)

• Eocene of Italy (1), New Zealand (5)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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