Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Paraulopidae
Alternative combinations: Chlorophthalmus miocenicus, Elops miocaenicus
Full reference: G. A. Frost. 1924. Otoliths of Fishes from the Tertiary Formations of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 55:605-614
Belongs to Paraulopus according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
See also Frost 1924, Frost 1928, Schwarzhans 1980 and Schwarzhans 1985
Sister taxa: Paraulopus davisi, Paraulopus integer, Paraulopus rallus
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:
• Miocene of Australia (1 collection), New Zealand (3)
• Oligocene of Australia (1)
• Eocene of Australia (1)
Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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