Osteichthyes - Gadiformes - Bregmacerotidae
Full reference: W. Schwarzhans. 2013. Otoliths from the Miocene of West Africa, primarily from the Mandorové Formation of Gabon. Palaeo Ichthyologica 13:151-184
Belongs to Bregmaceros according to W. Schwarzhans 2013
Sister taxa: Bregmaceros albyi, Bregmaceros antiquus, Bregmaceros cantori, Bregmaceros felkeri, Bregmaceros filamentosus, Bregmaceros hybridus, Bregmaceros kreyenhagus, Bregmaceros minutus, Bregmaceros prosoponus, Bregmaceros troelli
Type specimen: Its type locality is Ewongue 3, 189 m, which is in a Serravallian/Tortonian marine claystone in the Mandrové Formation of Gabon
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Angola (1 collection), Gabon (1), India (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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