Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Epigonidae
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 Epigonus according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
Sister taxa: Epigonus constantiae, Epigonus denticulatus, Epigonus italicus, Epigonus opoitiensis, Epigonus telescopus
Type specimen: NMNZ S. 47519, an otolith. Its type locality is Parengarenga Harbour North shore, which is in an Otaian marine sandstone in the Waioha Shellbeds Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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