Osteichthyes - Gadiformes - Merlucciidae
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 Macrurulus according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
Sister taxa: Macrurulus fordycei, Macrurulus immanis
Type specimen: NMNZ S.46784, an otolith. Its type locality is Waihao River, south branch, which is in a Bortonian marine sandstone in New Zealand.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of New Zealand (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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