Actinopteri - Kurtiformes - Apogonidae
Full reference: E. Steurbaut. 1982. Les otolithes de teleosteens du gisement de peyere a peyrehorade (couches de passage de l'Oligocene au Miocene d'Aquitaine meridionale, France. Mededelingen van de werkgroep voor tertiaire en kwartaire geologie 19(2):35-57
Belongs to Apogon according to E. Steurbaut 1982
Sister taxa: Apogon arambourgi, Apogon banaticus, Apogon bellovacinus, Apogon gaasensis, Apogon glaber, Apogon lozanoi, Apogon quadrangularis, Apogon ruber, Apogon spinosus, Apogon townsendoides
Type specimen: Its type locality is Peyrère (=Peyrehorade) marls, which is in a Chattian estuary/bay marl in the Marnes de Saint-Etienne-d’Orthe Formation of France
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene to Miocene of Greece (1 collection)
• Oligocene of France (2), Hungary (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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