Tripterophycis immutatus Schwarzhans 1980 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Moridae

Full reference: W. W. Schwarzhans. 1980. Fish otoliths from the New Zealand Tertiary. New Zealand Geological Survey Report 113:1-269

Belongs to Tripterophycis according to W. Schwarzhans 2019

See also Schwarzhans 1980 and Schwarzhans 1985

Sister taxon: Tripterophycis elongatissimus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Waihao River, near McCullough's Bridge, which is in a Kaiatan marine sandstone in the Waihao Greensand Formation of New Zealand

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Antarctica (1 collection), Australia (4), New Zealand (2)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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