Saurida (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Synodontidae

Parent taxon: Synodontidae according to W. Schwarzhans et al. 2017

See also Gaemers 1984, Lin et al. 2017, Nolf and Bajpai 1992, Schwarzhans 2013, Sepkoski 2002, Steurbaut 1979, Steurbaut 1984 and Stringer 1998

Sister taxa: Ausonasynodus, Synodontidarum, Synodus

Subtaxa: Saurida brasiliensis Saurida caribbaea Saurida germanica Saurida macilenta Saurida rectilineata Saurida rectua Saurida tenera Saurida trompensis

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (1: Louisiana collection)

• Miocene of the Czech Republic (2), France (4), Gabon (1), Panama (1)

• Oligocene of Belgium (1), France (1), Germany (1), Japan (1)

• Eocene of Belgium (1), France (1), Germany (1), Indonesia (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 18 collections including 19 occurrences

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