Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Acropomatidae
Full reference: R. Owen. 1854. Descriptive catalogue of the Fossil organic remains of Reptilia and Pisces contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. London 1-184
Parent taxon: Acropomatidae according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
See also Bannikov 2014, Carnevale 2007, Carnevale et al. 2014, Owen 1854, Schwarzhans 1980, Schwarzhans 1985, Schwarzhans 2003, Sepkoski 2002 and Steurbaut 1984
Sister taxa: Acropomatinarum, Epigoninae, Kaperangus, Neoscombrops, Parascombrops, Verilus
Subtaxa: Acropoma alta Acropoma antiqua Acropoma aurora Acropoma lepidotum Acropoma nobilis Acropoma nolfi Acropoma serrata
Type: Acropoma alta
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (3 collections), Italy (1), Japan (1), New Zealand (38)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (11)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (4)
• Eocene of Italy (1), New Zealand (5)
• Paleocene of Australia (1), Denmark (3)
Total: 68 collections each including a single occurrence
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