†Emmelichthys tennysoni Schwarzhans 2019 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Acanthopterygii - Emmelichthyidae
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 Emmelichthys according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NMNZ S.47529, an otolith. Its type locality is Haugh's Quarry, which is in a Waitakian marine lime mudstone in the Otekaike Limestone Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Haugh's Quarry
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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