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Bregmaceros troelli

Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Bregmacerotidae

Taxonomy
Bregmaceros troelli was named by Frizzell and Dante (1965). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Harold Hufford property, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in the Weches Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. catulus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Bregmaceros troelli Frizzell and Dante p. 699 figs. PI. 87, figs. 14,19
2013Bregmaceros troelli Schwarzhans p. 170

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
RankNameAuthor
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Paracanthomorphacea
—Zeiogadaria
—Gadariae
orderGadiformesGoodrich 1909
suborderGadoidei
familyBregmacerotidae
genusBregmacerosThompson 1840
speciestroelli

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.

†Bregmaceros troelli Frizzell and Dante 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:19:31
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:19:31
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Priabonian or 48.07000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) Bregmaceros troelli (84146)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Texas) Bregmaceros troelli (type locality: 84147)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Bregmaceros troelli (32925)