Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1839. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome V (13me livraison)
Parent taxon: Scombroidei according to K. A. Monsch 2004
See also Bohm 1926, Casier 1946, Casier 1966, Hay 1902, Rapp 1946 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Duplexdens, Euzaphlegidae, Micrornatus, Scombramphodon, Scombroidea, Trichiuriformes, Trichiuroidea, Xiphioidea
Subtaxa: Dictyodus Sphyraenodus bruxelliensis Sphyraenodus crassidens Sphyraenodus hastatus Sphyraenodus lerichei Sphyraenodus priscus Sphyraenodus rupeliensis Sphyraenodus silovianus Sphyraenodus speciosus
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Italy (2 collections), United States (3: Maryland, New Jersey)
• Oligocene of France (1), Germany (1)
• Eocene of Belgium (3), Namibia (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (8), United States (2: Georgia)
• Paleocene of United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of India (1)
Total: 24 collections including 30 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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