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Protosphyraena libyea

Osteichthyes - Pachycormiformes - Pachycormidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
P. bentoniana, P. chirurgus, P. dimidiata, P. ferox, P. gibberula (syn. Ptychodus arcuatus), P. hurleyi, P. nitida, P. obliquidens, P. occidentalis, P. perniciosa, P. recurvirostris, P. spectabilis, P. tenuirostris, P. tenuis, P. terminalis
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. compressirostris

Synonymy list
No taxonomic opinions are available

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—AspidorhyncheiNelson et al. 2016
orderPachycormiformesBerg 1940
familyPachycormidaeWoodward 1895
subfamilyHypsocorminaeVetter 1881
genusProtosphyraenaLeidy 1857
specieslibyea

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jordan Protosphyraena libyea (36256)