Osteichthyes - Pleuronectiformes - Bothidae
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 Arnoglossus according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
Sister taxa: Arnoglossus extremus, Arnoglossus grenfelli, Arnoglossus kokeni, Arnoglossus laterna, Arnoglossus longus, Arnoglossus miocenicus, Arnoglossus novus, Arnoglossus purus, Arnoglossus sauvagei, Arnoglossus tenuis
Type specimen: NMNZ S.47603, an otolith
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Waitakian of New Zealand (6 collections)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (2)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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