†Leptoscopus progressus Schwarzhans 1980 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Acanthopterygii - Leptoscopidae
Alternative combination: Awamoa progressa
Full reference: W. W. Schwarzhans. 1980. Fish otoliths from the New Zealand Tertiary. New Zealand Geological Survey Report 113:1-269
Belongs to Leptoscopus according to W. W. Schwarzhans 1980
See also Schwarzhans 2019
Sister taxa: Leptoscopus atavus, Leptoscopus focosus
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 (15 collections)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (1)
Total: 16 collections including 17 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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