Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae
Alternative combination: Thunnus abchasicus
Full reference: P. G. Danil’chenko. 1951. Tunets iz eotsenovykh otlozhenii Kavkaza. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 77(5):881-883
Belongs to Thunnus according to K. A. Monsch and A. F. Bannikov 2011
See also Bannikov 1979, Danil'chenko 1960, Danil'chenko 1980 and Danil’chenko 1951
Sister taxa: Thunnus (Alciola), Thunnus alalunga, Thunnus albacares, Thunnus atlanticus, Thunnus krambergeri, Thunnus lanceolatus, Thunnus latior, Thunnus maccoyii, Thunnus obesus, Thunnus orientalis, Thunnus secretus, Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus tonggol, Orcynus proximus, Thynnus bolcensis, Thynnus scaldisii, Thynnus angustus, Thynnus scaldisi
Type specimen: AMRS 167–168, a partial skeleton
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Georgia (1 collection)
• Eocene of Georgia (1), Ukraine (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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