†family Polymerichthyidae Uyeno 1967 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Polymerichthyidae

Full reference: T. Uyeno. 1967. A Miocene Alepisauroid Fish of a New Family, Polymerichthyidae, from Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 10(3):383-392

Parent taxon: Alepisauroidea according to M. V. Nazarkin 2016

Sister taxa: Alepisauridae, Enchodontidae

Subtaxa: Polymerichthys

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Italy (1 collection), Japan (1), the Russian Federation (1)

• Oligocene of the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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