Osteichthyes - Aulopiformes - Scopelosauridae
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 Scopelosaurus according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
Sister taxon: Scopelosaurus brevirostris
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: found only at Waihao River, near McCullough's Bridge
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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