Austromola angerhoferi Gregorova et al. 2009 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Molidae

Full reference: R. Gregorova, O. Schultz, M. Harzhauser, A. Kroh, and S. Coric. 2009. A giant early Miocene sunfish from the North Alpine foreland basin (Austria) and its implication for molid phylogeny. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(2):359-371

Belongs to Austromola according to R. Gregorova et al. 2009

See also Carnevale et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NHMW 2003z0026/0892, a partial skeleton

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Pucking (Miocene of Austria)

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