Suborder Lophioidei Cuvier (anglerfish)

Actinopteri - Lophiiformes

Parent taxon: Lophiiformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013

See also Bannikov 2014, Fierstine et al. 2012 and Schultz 2006

Sister taxa: Antennarioidei, Brachionichthyidae, Caulophrynidae, Centrophrynidae, Ceratioidei, Chaunacoidei, Diceratiidae, Linophrynidae, Lophichthyidae, Neoceratiidae, Ogcocephaloidei, Ogcocephalus, Tetrabrachiidae, Thaumatichthyidae

Subtaxa: Lophiidae

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Type: Lophius

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (3: Maine, Virginia collections)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)

• Pliocene of Italy (2), New Zealand (1), United States (1: North Carolina)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Belgium (1)

• Miocene of Algeria (3), Austria (1), Belgium (2), New Zealand (1), United States (1: California)

• Oligocene of Belgium (4), Germany (1)

• Eocene of Italy (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (1)

• Paleocene of Belgium (1)

Total: 26 collections including 30 occurrences

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