Champsodon vonderhochti Schwarzhans 2007 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Champsodontidae

Full reference: W. Schwarzhans. 2007. The otoliths from the middle Eocene of Osteroden near Bramsche, north-western Germany. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 244(3):299-369

Belongs to Champsodon according to W. Schwarzhans 2007

Sister taxa: Champsodon grossheimi, Champsodon timaruensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Osteroden sand pit, which is in a Lutetian marine sandstone/conglomerate in Germany

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Osteroden sand pit

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