†Ranzania ogaii Uyeno and Sakamoto 1994 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Tetraodontiformes - Molidae
Full reference: T. Uyeno and K. Sakamoto. 1994. Ranzania ogaii, a new Miocene slender mola from Saitama, Japan (Pisces: Tetraodontiforms). Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 20(3):109-117
Belongs to Ranzania according to G. Carnevale et al. 2020
See also Uyeno and Sakamoto 1994
Sister taxa: Ranzania grahami, Ranzania laevis, Ranzania tenneyorum, Ranzania zappai
Type specimen: Its type locality is Ochiai, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in the Hiranita Formation of Japan
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Ochiai
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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