Bregmaceros Thompson 1840 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Bregmacerotidae

Parent taxon: Bregmacerotidae according to T. Argyriou 2022

See also Arambourg 1925, Arambourg 1927, Constantin 1999, Danilt'chenko 1962, David 1956, Frizzell and Dante 1965, Gaudant et al. 1996, Gaudant and Courme 2014, Gaudant et al. 2005, Gaudant et al. 2006, Girone et al. 2006, Lin et al. 2017, Nolf and Bajpai 1992, Nolf and Steurbaut 1983, Pedley 1978, Schwarzhans 1978, Schwarzhans 1980, Schwarzhans 1985, Schwarzhans 2007, Schwarzhans 2013, Schwarzhans 2019, Schwarzhans et al. 2017, Sepkoski 2002, Steurbaut 1984, Stinton 1957, Stringer 1998 and Weiler 1959

Sister taxon: Bregmacerina

Subtaxa: Bregmaceros albyi Bregmaceros antiquus Bregmaceros cantori Bregmaceros deklaszi Bregmaceros felkeri Bregmaceros filamentosus Bregmaceros hybridus Bregmaceros kreyenhagus Bregmaceros minutus Bregmaceros prosoponus Bregmaceros troelli

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (2 collections), Italy (2), United States (1: Louisiana)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)

• Pliocene of Cyprus (1), Greece (10), Italy (6), Jamaica (1)

• Miocene of Algeria (4), Angola (1), Australia (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (2), Gabon (1), Germany (1), Greece (9), India (1), Italy (10), Malta (1), Mexico (1), New Zealand (11), Panama (2), Venezuela (1)

• Oligocene of France (1), Georgia (1), Hungary (4), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (2: Louisiana, Mississippi)

• Eocene of France (5), Georgia (1), Germany (1), Indonesia (1), Iran (1), New Zealand (4), United States (7: California, Louisiana, Texas)

Total: 101 collections including 102 occurrences

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