Actinopteri - Uranoscopiformes - Pinguipedidae
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 Parapercis according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
See also Frost 1924, Schwarzhans 1980, Schwarzhans 1985 and Schwarzhans et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Parapercis depressidorsalis, Parapercis fatoides, Parapercis fatuus, Parapercis pareoraensis, Parapercis richardsoni, Parapercis waiwaia
Type specimen: Its type locality is S117, GS 476, 483, 486, 1341 Wharekuri, Waitaki Valley, which is in a Duntroonian coastal sandstone in the Wharekuri Greensand Formation of New Zealand
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (1 collection), New Zealand (19)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (10)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (5)
Total: 35 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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