Saurida tenera Schwarzhans 2013 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Synodontidae

Full reference: W. Schwarzhans. 2013. Otoliths from the Miocene of West Africa, primarily from the Mandorové Formation of Gabon. Palaeo Ichthyologica 13:151-184

Belongs to Saurida according to W. Schwarzhans 2013

Sister taxa: Saurida brasiliensis, Saurida caribbaea, Saurida germanica, Saurida macilenta, Saurida rectilineata, Saurida rectua, Saurida trompensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Ewongue 9, 90 m, which is in a Serravallian/Tortonian marine claystone in the Mandrové Formation of Gabon

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ewongue 9, 90 m

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