Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Parent taxon: Phyllodontidae according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2022
See also Bryant 1989, Case and Schwimmer 1988, Ebersole et al. 2019, Estes 1969, Estes and Berberian 1970, Hoganson et al. 2019, Peng et al. 2001, Sepkoski 2002 and Weems 1999
Sister taxa: Egertonia, Paralbulinae, Phyllodontinae, Phyllodus
Subtaxa: Paralbula casei Paralbula marylandica Paralbula salvania Paralbula stromeri
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1 collection), United States (5: Alabama, Texas, Virginia)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (2: Arkansas, New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Canada (53: Alberta, Saskatchewan), Madagascar (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), United States (34: Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 98 collections including 99 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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