Actinopteri - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
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 Ophidiidarum according to W. Schwarzhans 2007
Sister taxa: Ophidiidarum boettgeri, Ophidiidarum elongatus, Ophidiidarum joachimicus, Ophidiidarum obliquus, Ophidiidarum obotritus, Ophidiidarum seelandicus, Ophidiidarum subregularis, Ophidiidarum symmetricus, Otolithus (Ophidiidarum) difformis, Otolithus (Ophidiidarum) hybridus, Otolithus (Ophidiidarum) marchicus, Otolithus (Ophidiidarum) sagittalis, Otolithus (Ophidiidarum) saxonicus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Osteroden sand pit, which is in a Lutetian marine sandstone/conglomerate in Germany
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite
Distribution: found only at Osteroden sand pit
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.