†Hippocampus sarmaticus Žalohar et al. 2009 (sea horse)
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Osteichthyes - Syngnathiformes - Syngnathidae
Full reference: J. Žalohar, T. Hitij, and M. Križnar. 2009. Two new species of seahorses (Syngnathidae, Hippocampus) from the Middle Miocene (Sarmatian) Coprolitic Horizon in Tunjice Hills, Slovenia: the oldest fossil record of seahorses. Annales de Paleontologie 95:71-96
Belongs to Hippocampus according to J. Žalohar et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Hippocampus ingens, Hippocampus slovenicus
Type specimen: T-245, a skeleton. Its type locality is Tunjice Village, location A, which is in a Sarmatian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal mudstone in the Dol Formation of Slovenia.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Tunjice Village, location A
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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