Chlorophthalmus tortus Schwarzhans 2003

Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Chlorophthalmidae

Alternative combination: Aulopus tortus

Full reference: W. Schwarzhans. 2003. Fish otoliths from the Paleocene of Denmark. Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin 2:1-94

Belongs to Chlorophthalmus according to W. Schwarzhans and A. Bratischko 2011

See also Schwarzhans 2003

Sister taxa: Chlorophthalmus agassizi, Chlorophthalmus deflecticauda, Chlorophthalmus fraserbrunneri, Chlorophthalmus nigripinnis, Chlorophthalmus oligocenicus, Chlorophthalmus postangulatus, Chlorophthalmus udovichenkoi

Type specimen: MGUH 26093, an otolith. Its type locality is Sample M2, Fakse Quarry, which is in a Danian basin reef bafflestone in Denmark.

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Chlorophthalmus tortus in the database

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