†Macrurulus Schwarzhans 1980 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Gadiformes - Merlucciidae
Full reference: W. W. Schwarzhans. 1980. Fish otoliths from the New Zealand Tertiary. New Zealand Geological Survey Report 113:1-269
Parent taxon: Merlucciidae according to J. H. Robinson et al. 2024
See also Schwarzhans 1980 and Schwarzhans 2019
Sister taxa: Merlucciidarum, Merlucciinae, Merluccius, Palaeogadus, Promerluccius, Rhinocephalus
Subtaxa: Macrurulus depressus Macrurulus fordycei Macrurulus immanis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of New Zealand (10 collections)
• Paleocene of New Zealand (1)
Total: 11 collections including 14 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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