†Waitakia Schwarzhans 1980 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Jugulares - Hemerocoetidae
Full reference: W. W. Schwarzhans. 1980. Fish otoliths from the New Zealand Tertiary. New Zealand Geological Survey Report 113:1-269
Parent taxon: Hemerocoetidae according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
See also Schwarzhans 1980 and Schwarzhans et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Hemerocoetes, Krebsiella
Subtaxa: Waitakia aho Waitakia beelzebub Waitakia dorsogibbosa Waitakia proclinens Waitakia profunda Waitakia robusta
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (13 collections)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (4)
• Eocene of New Zealand (10), United States (4: Maryland, Virginia)
Total: 32 collections including 34 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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