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
See also Robinson et al. 2024
Sister taxa: Macrurulus depressus, Macrurulus immanis
Type specimen: OU 22898, an otolith. Its type locality is Otaio River Gorge, which is in a Waipawan/Mangaorapan marine sandstone in the Otaio Gorge Sandstone Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Otaio River Gorge
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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