Ranzania ogaii Uyeno and Sakamoto 1994 (ray-finned fish)

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

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