†Arius danicus Koken 1891 (Ariid catfish)
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Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Ariidae
Alternative combination: Otolithus (Arius) danicus
Synonym: Arius rotundus Roedel 1930
Belongs to Arius according to W. Schwarzhans and A. Bratischko 2011
See also Cvancara and Hoganson 1993, Schwarzhans 2004 and Schwarzhans and Miàn 2017
Sister taxa: Arius africanus, Arius amekiensis, Arius angulatus, Arius crassus, Arius germanicus, Arius hewardbelli, Arius kitsoni, Arius russi, Arius rutschi, Arius subtilis, Arius tenuis, Arius vangionis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Paleocene of Denmark (4), Greenland (1), Ukraine (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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