Actinopteri - Batrachoidiformes - Batrachoididae
Species named in honor of the distinguished Austrian paleontologist Mathias Harzhauser in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the geology and paleontology of the Paratethys.
Full reference: G. Carnevale and B. B. Collette. 2014. Zappaichthys Harzhauseri, Gen. et Sp. Nov., A New Miocene Toadfish (Teleostei, Batrachoidiformes) From The Paratethys (St. Margarethen In Burgenland, Austria), With Comments On The Fossil Record Of Batrachoidform Fishes. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(5):1005-1017
Belongs to Zappaichthys according to G. Carnevale and B. B. Collette 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NHMW 1988/0141/0001aCb, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Kummer Quarry, which is in a Langhian shallow subtidal limestone in the Leitha Formation of Austria.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Kummer Quarry
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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