Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae
Parent taxon: Scombridae according to M. Leriche 1942
See also Agassiz 1835, Casier 1946, Casier 1966, de Beaufort 1926 and Weiler 1938
Sister taxa: Acanthocybiinae, Acanthocybium, Acanthonotos, Ardiodus, Cariniceps, Caucombrus, Eoscomber, Eoscombrus, Eucynodus, Gasterochismatinae, Gasteronemus, Godsilia, Lepidocybium, Ocystias, Pelamys, Pneumatophorus, Pseudauxides, Sardinae, Sardini, Scomber, Scomberodon, Scombridarum, Scombrinae, Scombrinus, Scombrosarda, Thunnoscomberoides, Toxopoma, Tunita, Turio, Wetherellus, Xestias
Subtaxa: Cybium bartonense Cybium bleekeri Cybium excelsum Cybium loczyi Cybium macropomum
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Angola (1 collection)
• Miocene of Austria (1), India (2), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), Madagascar (1)
• Oligocene of Azerbaijan (1), France (1), Hungary (1), Venezuela (1)
• Eocene of Belgium (2), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (2: Louisiana, Maryland )
• Paleocene of United States (1: Maryland)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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