†Spectrunculus sparsus Schwarzhans and Nielsen 2021 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
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 Spectrunculus according to W. W. Schwarzhans and S. N. Nielsen 2021
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SGO.PV.1684, an otolith. Its type locality is Punta Perro (PPP), which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone in the Navidad Formation of Chile.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite
Distribution: found only at Punta Perro (PPP)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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