†Sparus neogenus Arambourg 1927 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Spariformes - Sparidae
Full reference: C. Arambourg. 1927. Les Poissons fossiles d'Oran. Materiaux Pour la Carte Geologique de l'Algerie, 1re Serie, Paleontologie 6:1-298
Belongs to Sparus according to M. T. Antunes et al. 1981
See also Arambourg 1927
Sister taxa: Sparus aurata, Sparus brusinai, Sparus caraibaeus, Sparus cinctus, Sparus compactus, Sparus elegantulus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Raz-el-Ain, which is in a Messinian marine horizon in the Raz-el-Ain Formation of Algeria
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Algeria (1 collection), Portugal (4)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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