Osteichthyes - Tetraodontiformes - Molidae
Full reference: R. E. Weems. 1985. Miocene and Pliocene Molidae (Ranzania, Mola) from Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina (Pisces: Tetraodontiformes). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 98(2):422-438
Belongs to Ranzania according to G. Carnevale et al. 2020
See also Carnevale and Godfrey 2018, Uyeno and Sakamoto 1994 and Weems 1985
Sister taxa: Ranzania grahami, Ranzania laevis, Ranzania ogaii, Ranzania zappai
Type specimen: USNM 265392, a partial skull (premaxillary beak). Its type locality is Gravatt's Mill, near Hanover Court House, which is in a Burdigalian coastal marl in the Calvert Formation of Virginia.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Gravatt's Mill, near Hanover Court House
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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