Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae
Alternative combination: Thynnus scaldisiensis
Full reference: R. Storms. 1889. Sur la presence d'un poisson du genre Tynnus dans les depots pliocenes des environs d'Anvers. Bulletin de la Societe Belge de Geologie de Paleontologie & d'Hydrologie 3:215
Belongs to Thynnus according to M. E. Leriche 1926
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 secretus, Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus tonggol, Orcynus proximus, Thynnus bolcensis, Thynnus angustus, Thynnus scaldisi
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Belgium (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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