Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae

Alternative combination: Orcynus latior

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1835. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome V (4me livraison)

Belongs to Thunnus according to A. F. Bannikov 1979

See also Agassiz 1835, Agassiz 1843 and Agassiz 1843

Sister taxa: Thunnus (Alciola), Thunnus abchazicus, Thunnus alalunga, Thunnus albacares, Thunnus atlanticus, Thunnus krambergeri, Thunnus lanceolatus, Thunnus maccoyii, Thunnus obesus, Thunnus orientalis, Thunnus secretus, Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus tonggol, Thynnus angustus, Thynnus scaldisi, Thynnus bolcensis, Thynnus scaldisii, Orcynus proximus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Monte Bolca (Canossa collection), which is in a Ypresian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in Italy

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Monte Bolca (Canossa collection)

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