†Trichiurus oshosunensis White 1926 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Trichiuridae
Full reference: E. I. White. 1926. Eocene fishes from Nigeria. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Nigeria 10:1-87
Belongs to Trichiurus according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2019
See also Casier 1958 and White 1926
Sister taxa: Trichiurus lepturus, Trichiurus miocaenus, Trichiurus plicidens
Type specimen: Its type locality is Oshosun, which is in a Lutetian marine horizon in Nigeria
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Barbados (1 collection), Nigeria (2), United States (2: Alabama)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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