Oligobothus pristinus Baciu and Chanet 2002 (flatfish)

Osteichthyes - Pleuronectiformes - Bothidae

Full reference: D. S. Baciu and B. Chanet. 2002. Les Poissons plats fossiles (Teleostei: Pleuronectiformes) de l'Oligocène de Piatra Neamt (Roumanie). Oryctos 4:17-38

Belongs to Oligobothus according to D. S. Baciu and B. Chanet 2002

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MSNPN 189-500. Its type locality is Cozla (Piatra Neamt), which is in a Rupelian marine shale in Romania.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cozla (Piatra Neamt)

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