Acropoma antiqua Schwarzhans 1985 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Acropomatidae

Full reference: W. Schwarzhans. 1985. TertiƤre Otolithen aus South Australia und Victoria (Australien). Palaeo Ichthyology 3:1-60

Belongs to Acropoma according to W. Schwarzhans 1985

Sister taxa: Acropoma alta, Acropoma aurora, Acropoma lepidotum, Acropoma nobilis, Acropoma nolfi, Acropoma serrata

Type specimen: SADME 10301, an otolith. Its type locality is Mount Salt oil development, which is in a Thanetian marine horizon in the Dartmoor Formation of Australia.

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Mount Salt oil development

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