Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Merlucciidae
Full reference: D. Nolf and R. Brzobohaty. 2002. Otolithes de poissons du paléocanyon de saubrigues (chattien à langhien), aquitaine méridionale, France. Revue de Micropaléontologie 45(4):261-296
Belongs to Merluccius according to D. Nolf and R. Brzobohaty 2002
Sister taxa: Merluccius athanasiui, Merluccius attenuatus, Merluccius balticus, Merluccius bilinearis, Merluccius emarginatus, Merluccius fimbriatus, Merluccius inferus, Merluccius lednevi, Merluccius macroactus, Merluccius merluccius, Merluccius miocenicus, Merluccius obtusus, Merluccius ovalis, Merluccius productus, Merluccius pukeuriensis, Merluccius rattazzii, Merluccius romanicus, Merluccius vulgaris
Type specimen: Its type locality is Saubriges Paleocanyon, Chattian, which is in a Chattian marine horizon in France
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Saubriges Paleocanyon, Chattian
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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