Krebsiella chattonensis Schwarzhans et al. 2017 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Jugulares - Hemerocoetidae

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 Krebsiella according to W. Schwarzhans et al. 2017

See also Schwarzhans 2019

Sister taxa: Krebsiella aperta, Krebsiella diversa

Type specimen: NMNZ S.46921, an otolith. Its type locality is Kelly’s Farm, which is in a Duntroonian marine siltstone in New Zealand.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Kelly’s Farm

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