Osteichthyes - Gadiformes - Merlucciidae
Full reference: G. A. Frost. 1924. Otoliths of Fishes from the Tertiary Formations of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 55:605-614
Belongs to Merluccius according to G. A. Frost 1924
See also Frost 1934, Schwarzhans 1980 and Schwarzhans 2019
Sister taxa: Merluccius abreviatus, Merluccius athanasiui, Merluccius attenuatus, Merluccius balticus, Merluccius bilinearis, Merluccius emarginatus, Merluccius fimbriatus, Merluccius inferus, Merluccius lednevi, Merluccius macroactus, Merluccius merluccius, Merluccius miocenicus, Merluccius obtusus, Merluccius ovalis, Merluccius productus, Merluccius rattazzii, Merluccius romanicus, Merluccius sagittidens, Merluccius shepherdi, Merluccius vulgaris
Type specimen: Its type locality is S137/f499 - Rifle Butts Fm, Pukeuri, which is in an Altonian coastal sandstone in the Rifle Butts Formation of New Zealand
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at S137/f499 - Rifle Butts Fm, Pukeuri
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