Margrethia glareosus Schwarzhans 1980 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Gonostomatidae

Alternative combination: Polymetme glareosus

Full reference: W. W. Schwarzhans. 1980. Fish otoliths from the New Zealand Tertiary. New Zealand Geological Survey Report 113:1-269

Belongs to Margrethia according to W. Schwarzhans 2019

See also Schwarzhans 1980

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is S137/f499 - Rifle Butts Fm, Pukeuri, which is in an Altonian coastal sandstone in the Rifle Butts Formation of New Zealand

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at S137/f499 - Rifle Butts Fm, Pukeuri

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