Ostracion pergravis Schwarzhans 2003 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Ostraciidae

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

Belongs to Ostracion according to W. Schwarzhans 2003

Sister taxa: Ostracion clavatus, Ostracion meretrix, Ostracion micrurus, Ostracion oblongus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sundkrogen [Lellinge Greensand], which is in a Selandian marine sandstone in the Lellinge Greensand Formation of Denmark

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sundkrogen [Lellinge Greensand]

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