Osteichthyes - Perciformes - Platycephalidae
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 Platycephalus according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
Sister taxa: Platycephalus aculeatus, Platycephalus fluctuosus, Platycephalus iaiunus, Platycephalus lafondi, Platycephalus maxwelli, Platycephalus parapercoides, Platycephalus petilus, Platycephalus poyartinensis
Type specimen: CD957, an otolith. Its type locality is Cape Foulwind beach cliffs, which is in a Runangan marine horizon in New Zealand.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Cape Foulwind beach cliffs
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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