Actinopteri - Lophiiformes - Antennariidae

Full reference: G. Carnevale and T. W. Pietsch. 2009. An Eocene frogfish from Monte Bolca, Italy: The earliest known skeletal record for the family. Palaeontology 52(4):745-752

Belongs to Eophryne according to G. Carnevale et al. 2014

See also Bannikov 2014 and Carnevale and Pietsch 2009

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MCSNV B.6513, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Monte Bolca, Pesciara (FMNH collection), which is in a Ypresian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in Italy.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Monte Bolca, Pesciara (FMNH collection)

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