†Tripterophycis immutatus Schwarzhans 1980 (ray-finned fish)
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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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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