Osteichthyes - Scombriformes - Scombridae
Full reference: A. F. Bannikov. 1979. Tuntsovye i ikh filogeneticheskiye otnosheniya. Paleontological Journal 13(3):97-107
Belongs to Thunnus according to K. A. Monsch and A. F. Bannikov 2011
See also Bannikov 1979
Sister taxa: Thunnus (Alciola), Thunnus abchazicus, Thunnus alalunga, Thunnus albacares, Thunnus atlanticus, Thunnus krambergeri, Thunnus lanceolatus, Thunnus latior, Thunnus maccoyii, Thunnus obesus, Thunnus orientalis, Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus tonggol, Orcynus proximus, Thynnus scaldisii, Thynnus scaldisi, Thynnus bolcensis, Thynnus angustus
Type specimen: TMRS P-75, a skeleton. Its type locality is Verkhovina Bystraya, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in the Krosno Series Formation of Ukraine.
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Verkhovina Bystraya
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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