Actinopteri - Ophidiiformes - Carapidae
Parent taxon: Carapidae according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
See also Girone et al. 2006, Sepkoski 2002, Steurbaut 1984 and Stringer 1998
Sister taxa: Carapinae, Carapus, Encheliophis, Eurypleuron, Fierasferoides, Jordanicus, Onuxodon
Subtaxa: Echiodon heinzelini Echiodon pegasus Echiodon teres
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), Italy (2), United States (1: Louisiana)
• Pliocene of Greece (1), Italy (2), Jamaica (1)
• Miocene of the Czech Republic (1), France (3), Greece (1), Italy (1), New Zealand (19)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Greece (1)
• Oligocene of France (1), Germany (1), Hungary (2), New Zealand (1)
Total: 39 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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