Brychaetus Agassiz 1845 (arowana)

Actinopteri - Osteoglossiformes - Osteoglossidae

Parent taxon: Osteoglossinae according to G.-q. Lim 1996

See also Casier 1966, Sepkoski 2002, Weems 1999 and Woodward 1901

Sister taxa: Cretophareodus, Phareodus, Singida, Taverneichthys

Subtaxa: Brychaetus muelleri

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Mali (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: Louisiana, Maryland , Mississippi, Virginia)

• Paleocene to Eocene of Mali (1)

• Paleocene of Niger (1)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Bolivia (1)

• Cretaceous of Mali (1)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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