Osteichthyes - Priacanthiformes - Cepolidae
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 Cepola according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
Sister taxa: Cepola anderssoni, Cepola bartonensis, Cepola cuneata, Cepola elegans, Cepola fritnnans, Cepola haastii, Cepola macropthalma, Cepola oriens, Cepola praerubescens, Cepola rostislavi, Cepola rubescens, Cepola voslauensis, Cepola yrieuensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Cliffden Section, which is in an Altonian marine sandstone in the Calamity Point Sandstone Formation of New Zealand
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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