Actinopteri - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
Parent taxon: Ophidiidae according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2019
See also Fitch and Lavenberg 1983, Nolf 1972, Sepkoski 2002, Stinton and Nolf 1970 and Stringer 1998
Sister taxa: Aequalobythites, Ampheristus, Bassozetus, Chilara, Fierasfer, Genypterinae, Hoplobrotula, Hoplobrotuloides, Neobythites, Neobythitinae, Nolfophidion, Ophidiidarum, Ophidiinae, Ophidion, Ophidium voltianum, Otophidium, Pseudaequalobythites, Sirembinae, Sirembola, Zonobythites
Subtaxa: Lepophidium cervinum Lepophidium latesulcatum
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: California, Louisiana collections)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Jamaica (1)
• Miocene of Panama (6)
Total: 10 collections including 11 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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