Osteichthyes - Ophidiiformes - Carapidae
Full reference: W. Schwarzhans, D. E. Lee, and H. J. L. Gard. 2017. Otoliths reveal diverse fish communities in Late Oligocene estuarine to deep-water paleoenvironments in southern Zealandia. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 60(4):433-464
Belongs to Eurypleuron according to W. Schwarzhans et al. 2017
See also Robinson et al. 2024 and Schwarzhans 2019
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: OU22808, an otolith. Its type locality is Cosy Dell Farm, which is in a Duntroonian estuary/bay horizon in the Chatton Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite
Distribution:
• Oligocene 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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