†Sillago mckayi Schwarzhans 1985 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Sillaginidae
Full reference: W. Schwarzhans. 1985. Tertiäre Otolithen aus South Australia und Victoria (Australien). Palaeo Ichthyology 3:1-60
Belongs to Sillago according to W. Schwarzhans 1985
Sister taxa: Sillago campbellensis, Sillago ciliata, Sillago maxwelli, Sillago pliocaenica, Sillago recta, Sillago schwarzhansi, Sillago ventriosus
Type specimen: SAME 10357, a tooth. Its type locality is Bird Rock, which is in a Chattian coastal horizon in Australia.
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Bird Rock
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