Actinopteri - Uranoscopiformes - Uranoscopidae
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 Uranoscopus according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
See also Robinson et al. 2024
Sister taxa: Uranoscopus ignavus, Uranoscopus rotundatus, Uranoscopus tectiformis
Type specimen: OU 22910, an otolith. Its type locality is Cosy Dell Farm, which is in a Duntroonian estuary/bay horizon in the Chatton Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Cosy Dell Farm
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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