Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Ariidae
Alternative spelling: Otolithus (Arius)
Parent taxon: Ariidae according to W. Schwarzhans and J. Miàn 2017
See also Casier 1946, Casier 1958, Cvancara and Hoganson 1993, Leriche 1942, Nolf and Steurbaut 1983, Sahni and Mishra 1975, Schwarzhans 2004, Schwarzhans 2013, Schwarzhans and Bratischko 2011, Sepkoski 2002, Steurbaut 1984, Weems 1999 and White 1926
Sister taxa: Ariidarum, Ariopsis, Bagre, Cantarius, Cathorops, Galeichthys, Plotosus, Qarmoutus, Tachysurus, Vorhisia
Subtaxa: Arius africanus Arius amekiensis Arius angulatus Arius crassus Arius danicus Arius germanicus Arius hewardbelli Arius kitsoni Arius russi Arius rutschi Arius subtilis Arius tenuis Arius vangionis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: Florida, Georgia collections)
• Pliocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Hemphillian of Costa Rica (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chad (1)
• Neogene of Indonesia (1)
• Miocene of Brazil (2), the Czech Republic (1), Panama (2), Venezuela (2)
• Eocene of Barbados (5), Belgium (1), Germany (1), India (4), Nigeria (4), the United Kingdom (5), United States (7: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Virginia)
• Paleocene of Denmark (4), Greenland (1), Ukraine (1)
• Cretaceous of India (1)
Total: 47 collections including 65 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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