Osteichthyes - Stomiiformes - Sternoptychidae
Full reference: E. Steurbaut. 1979. Les otholites de téléostéens des Marnes de Saubrigues (Miocène d'Aquitaine Méridionale, France) . alaeontographica. Abteilung A, Paläozoologie, Stratigraphie 166(1-3):50-91
Belongs to Valenciennellus according to E. Steurbaut 1984
See also Steurbaut 1979
Sister taxa: Valenciennellus brzobobatyi, Valenciennellus brzobohatyi, Valenciennellus fastigatus, Valenciennellus tripunculatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Jean Tic, which is in a Burdigalian marine horizon in France
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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