Actinopteri - Spariformes - Sparidae
Alternative spelling: Otolithus (Sparidarum)
Parent taxon: Sparidae according to W. Schwarzhans 2007
See also Frost 1934, Nolf and Steurbaut 1983 and Schwarzhans 1985
Sister taxa: Abromasta, Denticinae, Dentinae, Diplodus, Ellaserrata, Plectrites, Pseudosparnodus, Rythmias, Sargus, Sciaenurus, Sparnodus
Subtaxa: Sparidarum crescens Sparidarum doderleini Sparidarum elongatus Sparidarum frosti Sparidarum gautieri Sparidarum gregarius Sparidarum pectinoides
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Italy (1 collection), New Zealand (3)
• Neogene of Indonesia (3)
• Oligocene to Miocene of New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene of Belgium (1), United States (1: Louisiana)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (3)
• Paleocene of Denmark (2), Greenland (1), Ukraine (1)
Total: 19 collections including 22 occurrences
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