Actinopteri - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
Full reference: G. A. Frost. 1924. Otoliths of Fishes from the Tertiary Formations of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 55:605-614
Belongs to Ophidiidarum according to G. A. Frost 1924
Sister taxa: Ophidiidarum boettgeri, Ophidiidarum compactus, Ophidiidarum joachimicus, Ophidiidarum obliquus, Ophidiidarum obotritus, Ophidiidarum seelandicus, Ophidiidarum subregularis, Ophidiidarum symmetricus, Otolithus (Ophidiidarum) difformis, Otolithus (Ophidiidarum) hybridus, Otolithus (Ophidiidarum) marchicus, Otolithus (Ophidiidarum) sagittalis, Otolithus (Ophidiidarum) saxonicus
Type specimen: Its type locality is S136/f498 - Rifle Butts Fm, Target Gully, which is in an Altonian coastal sandstone in the Rifle Butts Formation of New Zealand
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite
Distribution: found only at S136/f498 - Rifle Butts Fm, Target Gully
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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