Osteichthyes - Ophidiiformes - Carapidae
Full reference: W. Schwarzhans. 1985. Tertiäre Otolithen aus South Australia und Victoria (Australien). Palaeo Ichthyology 3:1-60
Belongs to Carapus according to W. Schwarzhans 1985
See also Schwarzhans 2019
Sister taxa: Carapus acus, Carapus lisus, Carapus nuntius, Carapus praecursor, Carapus smithvillensis
Type specimen: SADME 10311. Its type locality is Port Gawler, Janjukian, which is in a Chattian marine horizon in Australia.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (5 collections)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (2)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), New Zealand (2)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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