†Tonganago wharenga Schwarzhans 2019 (conger eel)
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Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae
Full reference: W. Schwarzhans. 2019. Reconstruction of the fossil marine bony fish fauna (Teleostei) from the Eocene to Pleistocene of New Zealand by means of otoliths. With studies of Recent congroid, morid and trachinoid otoliths. Memorie Della Societa Italianà di Scienze Naturali e del Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano 46:1-326
Belongs to Tonganago according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
Sister taxa: Tonganago coplandi, Tonganago fastigatus, Tonganago obliquum, Tonganago sagittisulcatus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of New Zealand (8 collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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