Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Merlucciidae
Full reference: P. A. M. Gaemers. 1984. Fish otoliths from the Bassevelde Sand (Late Tongrian) of Ruisbroek, Belgium, and the Stratigraphy of the Early Oligocene of Belgium. Mededelingen van de Werkgroep voor Tertiaire en Kwartaire Geologie 21(1):13-57
Belongs to Palaeogadus according to P. A. M. Gaemers 1984
Sister taxa: Palaeogadus (Lotimorpha), Palaeogadus abbreviatus, Palaeogadus atropatanus, Palaeogadus compactus, Palaeogadus intergerinus, Palaeogadus latebrosus, Palaeogadus nodosus, Palaeogadus serratus, Palaeogadus sinangulatus, Nemopteryx kubacskai, Nemopteryx crassus, Nemopteryx elongatus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Ruisbroek (Oligocene of Belgium)
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