Osteichthyes - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
Alternative combination: Otolithus (Ophidiidarum) difformis joachimica
Full reference: E. Koken. 1891. Neue Untersuchungen an tertiaren Fisch-otolithen. Part II. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 43:77-270
Belongs to Hoplobrotula according to E. Steurbaut 1979
See also Koken 1891
Sister taxa: Hoplobrotula antipoda, Hoplobrotula elongata, Hoplobrotula gibba, Hoplobrotula granosum, Hoplobrotula greenwoodi, Hoplobrotula lerichei, Hoplobrotula orcianensis, Hoplobrotula robusta, Hoplobrotula sulcata
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Belgium (4)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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