Osteichthyes - Siluriformes - Ariidae
Alternative combination: Otolithus (Arius) danicus
Synonym: Arius rotundus Roedel 1930
Belongs to Arius according to W. Schwarzhans and A. Bratischko 2011
See also Cvancara and Hoganson 1993, Herman 1972, Schwarzhans 2004 and Schwarzhans and Miàn 2017
Sister taxa: Arius africanus, Arius amekiensis, Arius angulatus, Arius crassus, Arius germanicus, Arius hewardbelli, Arius kitsoni, Arius russi, Arius rutschi, Arius subtilis, Arius tenuis, Arius vangionis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Denmark (4), Greenland (1), Ukraine (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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