Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae

Full reference: K. M. Claeson, R. Sarr, R. V. Hill, El Hadji Sow, R. Malou and M. A. O'Leary. 2015. New fossil scombrid (Pelagia: Scombridae) fishes preserved as predator and prey from the Eocene of Senegal. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 164(1):133-147

Parent taxon: Scombridae according to K. M. Claeson et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Acanthocybiinae, Acanthocybium, Acanthonotos, Ardiodus, Cariniceps, Caucombrus, Cybium, Eoscombrus, Eucynodus, Gasterochismatinae, Gasteronemus, Godsilia, Lepidocybium, Ocystias, Pelamys, Pneumatophorus, Pseudauxides, Sardinae, Sardini, Scomber, Scomberodon, Scombridarum, Scombrinae, Scombrosarda, Thunnoscomberoides, Toxopoma, Tunita, Turio, Wetherellus, Xestias

Subtaxa: Eoscomber senegalicus

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Type: Eoscomber senegalicus

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Desplats Limestone Quarries (Lower) (Eocene of Senegal)

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