Osteichthyes - Albuliformes - Albulidae
Full reference: W. W. Schwarzhans and S. N. Nielsen. 2021. Fish otoliths from the early Miocene of Chile: a window into the evolution of marine bony fishes in the Southeast Pacific. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 140(1):1-62
Belongs to Pterothrissus according to W. W. Schwarzhans and S. N. Nielsen 2021
Sister taxa: Pterothrissus angulatus, Pterothrissus compactus, Pterothrissus gissu, Pterothrissus issus, Pterothrissus pervetustus, Pterothrissus umbonatus
Type specimen: SGO.PV.1593, an otolith. Its type locality is North of Rio Rapel, which is in a Miocene deep-water sandstone in the Navidad Formation of Chile.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at North of Rio Rapel
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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