Osteichthyes - Gadiformes - Melanonidae
Alternative combination: Otolithus (Macruridarum) latisulcatus
Full reference: G. A. Frost. 1934. Otoliths of Fishes from the Tertiary Formations of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 63:133-144
Belongs to Karrerichthys according to W. W. Schwarzhans and S. N. Nielsen 2021
See also Frost 1934 and Schwarzhans 2019
Sister taxa: Karrerichthys admirabilis, Karrerichthys tenuis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Island Creek, which is in a Chattian marine mudstone in the Ihungia Formation of New Zealand
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Chile (1 collection), New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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