Actinopteri - Argentiniformes - Argentinidae
Full reference: W. W. Schwarzhans. 1980. Fish otoliths from the New Zealand Tertiary. New Zealand Geological Survey Report 113:1-269
Belongs to Argentina according to W. W. Schwarzhans 1980
See also Schwarzhans 2019
Sister taxa: Argentina antarctica, Argentina cyclomorpha, Argentina elongata, Argentina extenuata, Argentina longirostris, Argentina retusa, Argentina rumana, Argentina sphyraena, Argentina striata
Type specimen: Its type locality is S137/f499 - Rifle Butts Fm, Pukeuri, which is in an Altonian coastal sandstone in the Rifle Butts Formation of New Zealand
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (13 collections)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (8)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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