Osteichthyes - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
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 Ampheristus according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
Sister taxa: Ampheristus brevicaudatus, Ampheristus sinuocaudatus, Ampheristus toliapicus
Type specimen: NMNZ S.46793, an otolith. Its type locality is Pareora River, W of Timaru, which is in a Bortonian marine sandstone in the Waihao Greensand Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite
Distribution:
• Eocene of New Zealand (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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