Coelorinchus fidelis Schwarzhans and Nielsen 2021 (grenadiers)

Osteichthyes - Gadiformes - Macrouridae

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 Coelorinchus according to W. W. Schwarzhans and S. N. Nielsen 2021

Sister taxa: Coelorinchus asperocephalus, Coelorinchus balushkini, Coelorinchus biclinozonalis, Coelorinchus carminatus, Coelorinchus coelorhincus, Coelorinchus divulgatus, Coelorinchus fasciatus, Coelorinchus nordenskjoeldi, Coelorinchus oliverianus, Coelorinchus pakaurangiensis, Coelorinchus preaustralis, Coelorinchus rapelanus, Coelorinchus regularis, Coelorinchus robustus, Coelorinchus stellaris

Type specimen: SGO.PV.1661, an otolith. Its type locality is Punta Perro, which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone in the Navidad Formation of Chile.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Chile (7 collections)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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