Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Bregmacerotidae
Full reference: W. W. Schwarzhans. 1980. Fish otoliths from the New Zealand Tertiary. New Zealand Geological Survey Report 113:1-269
Belongs to Bregmaceros according to W. W. Schwarzhans 1980
See also Schwarzhans 2019
Sister taxa: Bregmaceros albyi, Bregmaceros cantori, Bregmaceros deklaszi, Bregmaceros felkeri, Bregmaceros filamentosus, Bregmaceros hybridus, Bregmaceros kreyenhagus, Bregmaceros minutus, Bregmaceros prosoponus, Bregmaceros troelli
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 (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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