†Brychaetus Agassiz 1845 (arowana)
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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
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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