Osteichthyes - Perciformes - Platycephalidae
Full reference: W. W. Schwarzhans. 1980. Fish otoliths from the New Zealand Tertiary. New Zealand Geological Survey Report 113:1-269
Belongs to Platycephalus according to W. W. Schwarzhans 1980
See also Schwarzhans 2019
Sister taxa: Platycephalus aculeatus, Platycephalus fluctuosus, Platycephalus iaiunus, Platycephalus lafondi, Platycephalus maxwelli, Platycephalus petilus, Platycephalus poyartinensis, Platycephalus riremoana
Type specimen: Its type locality is Waihao River, south branch, which is in a Bortonian marine sandstone in New Zealand
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of New Zealand (9 collections)
Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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