Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae

Alternative combinations: Orcynus lanceolatus, Thynnus lanceolatus

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1835. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome IV (4me livraison) 33-52

Belongs to Thunnus according to A. F. Bannikov 1979

See also Agassiz 1835, Agassiz 1835, Agassiz 1843, Agassiz 1843 and Woodward 1901

Sister taxa: Thunnus (Alciola), Thunnus abchazicus, Thunnus alalunga, Thunnus albacares, Thunnus atlanticus, Thunnus krambergeri, Thunnus latior, Thunnus maccoyii, Thunnus obesus, Thunnus orientalis, Thunnus secretus, Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus tonggol, Thynnus bolcensis, Thynnus scaldisi, Thynnus angustus, Thynnus scaldisii, Orcynus proximus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Monte Bolca (Canossa collection), which is in a Ypresian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in Italy

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Monte Bolca (Canossa collection)

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