†Scopelosaurus brevirostris Schwarzhans 1980 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Scopelosauridae
Full reference: W. W. Schwarzhans. 1980. Fish otoliths from the New Zealand Tertiary. New Zealand Geological Survey Report 113:1-269
Belongs to Scopelosaurus according to W. W. Schwarzhans 1980
See also Schwarzhans 2019
Sister taxon: Scopelosaurus brevicauda
Type specimen: Its type locality is Waihao River, near McCullough's Bridge, which is in a Kaiatan marine sandstone in the Waihao Greensand Formation of New Zealand
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of New Zealand (7 collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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