Actinopteri - Labriformes - Labridae
Full reference: F. Dixon. 1850. The Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex xvi-422
Parent taxon: Labridae according to E. I. White 1926
See also Dixon 1850 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bellwoodilabrus, Bodianus, Cheilini, Crenilabrus, Eocoris, Hypsigenyini, Julidini, Labrichthyini, Labrinae, Labrini, Labrobolcus, Labrodon, Labrus, Malapterus, Novaculini, Nummopalatus, Paralabrus, Phyllopharyngodon, Protautoga, Pseudocheilini, Pseudolabrini, Pseudosphaerodon, Pseudovomer, Scarini, Semicossyphus, Symphodus, Taurinichthys, Trigonodontinae, Wainwrightilabrus, Zorzinilabrus
Subtaxa: Platylaemus colei Platylaemus nigeriensis
Type: Platylaemus colei
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Nigeria (2 collections), the United Kingdom (7)
Total: 9 collections including 13 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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