Oligolactoria Tyler and Gregorovå 1991 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Ostraciidae

Full reference: J. C. Tyler and R. Gregorovå. 1991. A new genus and species of Boxfish (Tetraodontiformes: Ostraciidae) from the Oligocene of Moravia, the second fossil representative of the family. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 71:1-20

Parent taxon: Ostraciidae according to J. C. Tyler and R. Gregorovå 1991

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Eolactoria, Lactophrys, Ostracion

Subtaxa: Oligolactoria bubiki

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Type: Oligolactoria bubiki

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bystrice/Olsi (Oligocene of Czech Republic)

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