Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae
Parent taxon: Scombridae according to H. L. Fierstine et al. 2012
See also Jordan 1925, Jordan and Gilbert 1919 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthocybiinae, Acanthocybium, Acanthonotos, Ardiodus, Cariniceps, Caucombrus, Cybium, Eoscomber, Eoscombrus, Eucynodus, Gasterochismatinae, Gasteronemus, Godsilia, Lepidocybium, Ocystias, Pelamys, Pneumatophorus, Pseudauxides, Sardinae, Sardini, Scomber, Scomberodon, Scombridarum, Scombrinae, Scombrosarda, Thunnoscomberoides, Toxopoma, Turio, Wetherellus, Xestias
Subtaxa: Tunita octavia
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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