Actinopteri - Perciformes - Cepolidae
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 Cepola according to C.-H. Lin et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Cepola ambifaria, Cepola anderssoni, Cepola bartonensis, Cepola cuneata, Cepola elegans, Cepola fritnnans, Cepola haastii, Cepola macropthalma, Cepola oriens, Cepola praerubescens, Cepola rubescens, Cepola voslauensis, Cepola yrieuensis
Type specimen: IRSNB P 9670, an otolith. Its type locality is Saint-Geours-d’Auribat, Poudenx brickyard, which is in a Lutetian marine marl in the Donzacq Marl Formation of France.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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