Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Moridae
Full reference: W. Schwarzhans. 2019. Reconstruction of the fossil marine bony fish fauna (Teleostei) from the Eocene to Pleistocene of New Zealand by means of otoliths. With studies of Recent congroid, morid and trachinoid otoliths. Memorie Della Societa Italianà di Scienze Naturali e del Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano 46:1-326
Belongs to Auchenoceros according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
Sister taxa: Auchenoceros bicaudatus, Auchenoceros punctatum
Type specimen: NMNZ S. 47243, an otolith. Its type locality is Head of Lake Waitaki, which is in a Duntroonian marine sandstone in New Zealand.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Head of Lake Waitaki
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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