Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Sternoptychidae
Parent taxon: Sternoptychidae according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
See also Girone et al. 2006, Sepkoski 2002, Steurbaut 1979, Steurbaut 1982, Steurbaut 1984 and Stringer 1998
Sister taxa: Argyripnus, Argyropelecus, Danaphos, Discosternon, Eosternoptyx, Maurolicus, Polyipnoides, Polyipnus, Sternoptychidarum, Sternoptyx
Subtaxa: Valenciennellus brzobobatyi Valenciennellus brzobohatyi Valenciennellus fastigatus Valenciennellus kotthausi Valenciennellus tripunculatus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Jamaica (1)
• Miocene of Brazil (1), France (4), Italy (1), New Zealand (3)
• Oligocene of France (2)
• Eocene of France (2), New Zealand (2)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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