Actinopteri - Carangiformes - Carangidae

Full reference: L. Taverne, S. Van Simaeys, and E. Steurbaut. 2006. Belgocaranx luypaertsi gen. and sp. nov., a new skeleton-based Carangid Fish from the Boom Clay (Rupelian, Early Oligocene) at Kallo (N. Belgium). Bulletin de l'Institute Royal des Scineces Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 76:119-130

Parent taxon: Carangidae according to L. Taverne et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Alectis, Archaeus, Argyreiosus, Carangidarum, Caranx, Ceratoichthys, Decapterus, Eastmanalepes, Equula, Lichia, Oligoplites, Paratrachinotus, Platax, Pseudocaranx, Selene, Seriola, Teratichthys, Trachicaranx, Trachurus, Vomeropsis

Subtaxa: Belgocaranx luypaertsi

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Vrasene Dok, Boom Clay (Oligocene of Belgium)

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