†Tonganago fastigatus Schwarzhans 1980 (conger eel)
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Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae
Alternative combination: Scalanago fastigatus
Full reference: W. W. Schwarzhans. 1980. Fish otoliths from the New Zealand Tertiary. New Zealand Geological Survey Report 113:1-269
Belongs to Tonganago according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
See also Schwarzhans 1980 and Schwarzhans et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Tonganago coplandi, Tonganago obliquum, Tonganago sagittisulcatus, Tonganago wharenga
Type specimen: Its type locality is Waihao River, south branch, which is in a Bortonian marine sandstone in New Zealand
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of New Zealand (7 collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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