Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Paraulopidae
Alternative combination: Chlorophthalmus integer
Full reference: W. W. Schwarzhans. 1980. Fish otoliths from the New Zealand Tertiary. New Zealand Geological Survey Report 113:1-269
Belongs to Paraulopus according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
See also Schwarzhans 1980 and Schwarzhans 1985
Sister taxa: Paraulopus davisi, Paraulopus miocaenicus, Paraulopus rallus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Waihao River, near McCullough's Bridge, which is in a Kaiatan marine sandstone in the Waihao Greensand Formation of New Zealand
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Australia (3 collections), New Zealand (2)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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