Osteichthyes - Jugulares - Hemerocoetidae
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 Waitakia according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
Sister taxa: Waitakia aho, Waitakia beelzebub, Waitakia dorsogibbosa, Waitakia profunda, Waitakia robusta
Type specimen: NMNZ S.46900, 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:
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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