Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Moridae
Full reference: W. Schwarzhans, D. E. Lee, and H. J. L. Gard. 2017. Otoliths reveal diverse fish communities in Late Oligocene estuarine to deep-water paleoenvironments in southern Zealandia. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 60(4):433-464
Belongs to Lotella according to J. H. Robinson et al. 2024
See also Schwarzhans 2019 and Schwarzhans et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Lotella matata, Lotella pfeili, Lotella rhacina, Lotella smirnovi, Lotella spicata
Type specimen: OU22807, an otolith. Its type locality is Bailey Bend, which is in a Waitakian marine mudstone in New Zealand.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Waitakian of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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