Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Merlucciidae

Full reference: L. R. David. 1956. Tertiary Anacanthin Fishes from California and the Pacific Northwest; Their Paleoecological Significance. Journal of Paleontology 30(30):568-607

Parent taxon: Merlucciidae according to H. L. Fierstine et al. 2012

See also David 1956

Sister taxa: Macrurulus, Merlucciidarum, Merlucciinae, Merluccius, Palaeogadus, Rhinocephalus

Subtaxa: Promerluccius venturaensis

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Oxnard Oil Company well Vanoni No. 1 (Pliocene of California)

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