Actinopteri - Acanthopterygii - Leptoscopidae
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 Lesueurina according to J. H. Robinson et al. 2024
See also Schwarzhans 2019 and Schwarzhans et al. 2017
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: OU22820, 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:
Distribution:
• Waitakian of New Zealand (3 collections)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (2)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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