Osteichthyes - Stomiiformes - Sternoptychidae
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 Valenciennellus according to E. Steurbaut 1982
Sister taxa: Valenciennellus brzobobatyi, Valenciennellus fastigatus, Valenciennellus kotthausi, Valenciennellus tripunculatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Peyrehorade (Peyrère), which is in a Chattian estuary/bay marl in the Marnes de Saint-Etienne-d’Orthe Formation of France
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of France (2 collections)
• Eocene of France (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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