Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Sternoptychidae
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 Argyripnus according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
Sister taxa: Argyripnus primigenius, Argyripnus rapahoensis
Type specimen: NMNZ S.47174, an otolith. Its type locality is Oamaru, Beach Road section, which is in an Altonian marine siltstone in the Mount Harris Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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