Osteichthyes - Aulopiformes - Chlorophthalmidae
Full reference: W. Schwarzhans and A. Bratischko. 2011. The otoliths from the middle Paleocene of Luzanivka (Cherkasy district, Ukraine). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 261(1):83-110
Belongs to Chlorophthalmus according to W. Schwarzhans and A. Bratischko 2011
Sister taxa: Chlorophthalmus agassizi, Chlorophthalmus deflecticauda, Chlorophthalmus fraserbrunneri, Chlorophthalmus nigripinnis, Chlorophthalmus oligocenicus, Chlorophthalmus postangulatus, Chlorophthalmus tortus
Type specimen: ULUZ 2/053, an otolith. Its type locality is Luzanivka [Tashlik Fm], which is in a Selandian/Thanetian shallow subtidal sandstone in the Tashlik Formation of Ukraine.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Luzanivka [Tashlik Fm]
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.