Nezumia teoulerensis Lin et al. 2017 (grenadiers)

Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Macrouridae

Full reference: C.-H. Lin, D. Nolf, E. Steurbaut and A. Girone. 2017. Fish otoliths from the Lutetian of the Aquitaine Basin (SW France), a breakthrough in the knowledge of the European Eocene ichthyofauna. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15(11):879-907

Belongs to Nezumia according to C.-H. Lin et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Nezumia contemplata, Nezumia contortus, Nezumia lidsayi, Nezumia mangapariensis, Nezumia ornata, Nezumia sagittiformis, Nezumia sclerorynchus

Type specimen: IRSNB P 9558, an otolith

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Peyrehorade, escarpment SE of dam, N of ‘la Téoulère’ (Eocene of France)

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