Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Menidae
Full reference: M. Friedman and G. D. Johnson. 2005. A new species of Mene (Perciformes: Menidae) from the Paleocene of South America, with notes on paleoenvironment and a brief review of menid fishes. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(4):770-783
Belongs to Mene according to M. Friedman and G. D. Johnson 2005
Sister taxa: Mene oblonga, Mene psarianosi, Mene rhombea, Mene triangulum
Type specimen: USNM 494403, a partial skeleton (incomplete skull and first two vertebrae preserved in three dimensions). Its type locality is South of Negritos, which is in a Thanetian offshore shelf siliciclastic in Peru.
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution: found only at South of Negritos
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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