Progempylus Casier 1966 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Gempylidae

Full reference: E. Casier. 1966. Faune ichthyologique du London Clay 1-510

Parent taxon: Gempylinae according to K. A. Monsch 2004

See also Casier 1966 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Abadzekhia, Chelifichthys, Diplospinus, Gempylidarum, Nealotus, Thyrsites, Thyrsitoides

Subtaxa: Progempylus edwardsi

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Isle of Sheppey (BMNH collection) (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

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