Family Molidae (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Molidae

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

See also Carnevale and Godfrey 2018, Gregorova et al. 2009, Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016, Purdy et al. 2001, Santini and Tyler 2003, Tyler and Santini 2002 and Tyler and Sorbini 1996

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Austromola Eomola Mola Ranzania

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)

• Miocene of Austria (1), Belgium (1), Italy (1), Japan (1), United States (6: Maryland, Virginia)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)

• Oligocene of Georgia (1)

• Eocene of Italy (1)

Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences

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