Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Bregmacerotidae
Full reference: W. Schwarzhans. 2007. The otoliths from the middle Eocene of Osteroden near Bramsche, north-western Germany. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 244(3):299-369
Belongs to Bregmaceros according to W. Schwarzhans 2007
Sister taxa: Bregmaceros albyi, Bregmaceros antiquus, Bregmaceros cantori, Bregmaceros deklaszi, Bregmaceros filamentosus, Bregmaceros hybridus, Bregmaceros kreyenhagus, Bregmaceros minutus, Bregmaceros prosoponus, Bregmaceros troelli
Type specimen: Its type locality is Osteroden sand pit, which is in a Lutetian marine sandstone/conglomerate in Germany
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Osteroden sand pit
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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