Palaeocybium Monsch 2004 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae

Full reference: K. A. Monsch. 2004. Revision of the scombroid fishes from the Cenozoic of England. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 95:445-489

Parent taxon: Scomberomorini according to D. J. Cicimurri et al. 2022

See also Ebersole et al. 2019 and Monsch 2004

Sister taxa: Neocybium, Scomberomorus

Subtaxa: Palaeocybium proosti

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (1: South Carolina collection)

• Eocene of Belgium (5), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (6: Alabama, Mississippi, Texas)

Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence

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