Osteichthyes - Uranoscopiformes - Uranoscopidae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Uranoscopidae according to J. H. Robinson et al. 2024
See also Casier 1966, Schwarzhans 1980, Schwarzhans 2019, Schwarzhans et al. 2017 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Astroscopus, Kathetostoma, Uranoscopidarum, Xenocephalus
Subtaxa: Uranoscopus ignavus Uranoscopus rotundatus Uranoscopus rudis Uranoscopus tectiformis
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Taiwan (1 collection)
• Miocene of Czechia (1), France (1), New Zealand (4), Taiwan (1)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (2)
• Eocene of New Zealand (2)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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