Leptoscopus Gill 1859 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Leptoscopidae
Parent taxon: Leptoscopidae according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
See also Schwarzhans 1980 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Awamoa, Lesueurina, Neopercis, Waitahana
Subtaxa: Leptoscopus atavus Leptoscopus focosus Leptoscopus progressus
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (16 collections)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (1)
Total: 17 collections including 18 occurrences
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