Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Bothidae
Alternative combination: Achirus fordycei
Full reference: W. W. Schwarzhans. 1980. Fish otoliths from the New Zealand Tertiary. New Zealand Geological Survey Report 113:1-269
Belongs to Peltorhamphus according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
See also Schwarzhans 1980
Sister taxa: Peltorhamphus flexuodorsalis, Peltorhamphus novaezeelandiae, Peltorhamphus tenuis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Waipara River Horseshoe, downstream, which is in a Lillburnian/Waiauan marine horizon in the Double Corner Shellbed Formation of New Zealand
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (2 collections)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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