Oligoremora rhenana Micklich et al. 2016 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Carangiformes - Echeneidae

Full reference: N. Micklich, R. Gregorová, A. F. Bannikov, D.-S. Baciu, I. Gradianu and G. Carnevale. 2016. Oligoremora rhenana n. g. n. sp., a new echeneid fish (Percomorpha, Echeneoidei) from the Oligocene of the Grube Unterfeld (‘‘Frauenweiler’’) clay pit. PalZ 90:561-592

Belongs to Oligoremora according to N. Micklich et al. 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SMNS 87457/256a ? b, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Frauenweiler, which is in a Rupelian estuary/bay claystone in Germany.

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Frauenweiler

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