Wainwrightilabrus Carnevale 2015 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Labriformes - Labridae

Full reference: G. Carnevale. 2015. Middle Miocene wrasses (Teleostei, Labridae) from St. Margarethen (Burgenland, Austria). Palaeontolographica, Abt. A: Palaeozoology-Stratigraphy 304(1-6):121-159

Parent taxon: Labridae according to G. Carnevale 2015

Sister taxa: Bellwoodilabrus, Bodianus, Cheilini, Crenilabrus, Eocoris, Hypsigenyini, Julidini, Labrichthyini, Labrinae, Labrini, Labrobolcus, Labrodon, Labrus, Malapterus, Novaculini, Nummopalatus, Paralabrus, Phyllopharyngodon, Platylaemus, Protautoga, Pseudocheilini, Pseudolabrini, Pseudosphaerodon, Pseudovomer, Scarini, Semicossyphus, Symphodus, Taurinichthys, Trigonodontinae, Zorzinilabrus

Subtaxa: Wainwrightilabrus agassizi

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Kummer Quarry (Miocene of Austria)

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