Palaeomorrhua thulei Schwarzhans 2004 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Gadiformes - Phycidae

Full reference: W. Schwarzhans. 2004. Fish otoliths from the Paleocene (Selandian) of West Greenland. Monographs on Greenland: Geoscience 42:1-32

Belongs to Palaeomorrhua according to W. Schwarzhans 2004

Sister taxon: Palaeomorrhua bulbus

Type specimen: MGUH 27176, an otolith. Its type locality is Sonja Lens, Agatdalen, Nugssuaq, which is in a Danian deltaic sandstone in the Agatdal Formation of Greenland.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sonja Lens, Agatdalen, Nugssuaq

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