Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Acropomatidae
Alternative combinations: Acropoma serratus, Serranidarum serratus
Full reference: G. A. Frost. 1934. Otoliths of Fishes from the Tertiary Formations of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 63:133-144
Belongs to Acropoma according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
See also Frost 1934 and Schwarzhans 1980
Sister taxa: Acropoma alta, Acropoma antiqua, Acropoma aurora, Acropoma lepidotum, Acropoma nobilis, Acropoma nolfi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Island Creek, which is in a Chattian marine mudstone in the Ihungia Formation of New Zealand
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (37 collections)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (11)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (4)
Total: 52 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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