Otarionichthys Gaemers 1984 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Ophidiiformes - Bythitidae

Full reference: P. A. M. Gaemers. 1984. Fish otoliths from the Bassevelde Sand (Late Tongrian) of Ruisbroek, Belgium, and the Stratigraphy of the Early Oligocene of Belgium. Mededelingen van de Werkgroep voor Tertiaire en Kwartaire Geologie 21(1):13-57

Parent taxon: Dinematichthyini according to P. A. M. Gaemers 1984

Sister taxa: Aotearichthys, Dermatopsis, Dipulus, Ogilbia

Subtaxa: Otarionichthys occultus

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite

Distribution: found only at Ruisbroek (Oligocene of Belgium)

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