†Calotomus preisli Bellwood and Schultz 1991 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Labriformes - Scaridae
Full reference: D. R. Bellwood and O. Schultz. 1991. A review of the fossil record of the parrotfishes (Labroidei: Scaridae) with a description of a new Calotomus species from the Middle Miocene (Badenian) of Austria. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, A 92:55-71
Belongs to Calotomus according to D. R. Bellwood and O. Schultz 1991
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NHMW 1989/90, a partial skull
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Sankt Margarethen im Burgenland (=Szentmargitbánya,= St. Margarethen) (Miocene of Austria)
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