Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Merlucciidae
Alternative combination: Palaeogadus athanasiui
Full reference: M. Pauca. 1929. Vorläufige mitteilung über eine fossile fischfauna aus den Oligozänschiefern von Sulanesti, Muscel. Academia Romana 12(4-5):26-34
Belongs to Merluccius according to M. Pauca 1929
See also Constantin 1999
Sister taxa: Merluccius abreviatus, Merluccius attenuatus, Merluccius balticus, Merluccius bilinearis, Merluccius emarginatus, Merluccius fimbriatus, Merluccius inferus, Merluccius lednevi, Merluccius macroactus, Merluccius merluccius, Merluccius miocenicus, Merluccius obtusus, Merluccius ovalis, Merluccius productus, Merluccius pukeuriensis, Merluccius rattazzii, Merluccius romanicus, Merluccius vulgaris
Type specimen: Its type locality is Suslanesti, which is in a Rupelian marine slate in Romania
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Suslanesti
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