Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Bothidae
Full reference: W. W. Schwarzhans. 1980. Fish otoliths from the New Zealand Tertiary. New Zealand Geological Survey Report 113:1-269
Belongs to Arnoglossus according to W. W. Schwarzhans 1980
See also Schwarzhans 2019
Sister taxa: Arnoglossus extremus, Arnoglossus grenfelli, Arnoglossus kokeni, Arnoglossus laterna, Arnoglossus lautus, Arnoglossus longus, Arnoglossus miocenicus, Arnoglossus purus, Arnoglossus sauvagei, Arnoglossus tenuis
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: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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