†Tongarewa Schwarzhans 2019 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Blenniiformes - Tripterygiidae
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
Parent taxon: Tripterygiidae according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
Sister taxa: Forsterygion, Gilloblennius, Matanui, Ruanoho
Subtaxa: Tongarewa clementsi Tongarewa waihaonesis
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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