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Brazosiella kokeni

Actinopteri - Beryciformes

Taxonomy
Brazosiella kokeni was named by Frizzell and Dante (1965). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Highway 21, Stone City beds, which is in an Eocene marine shale in the Stone City Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Lactarius kokeni by Ebersole et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Brazosiella kokeni Frizzell and Dante p. 700 figs. P1. 87, figs. 25,30,32,33,34,36
2019Lactarius kokeni Ebersole et al. p. 205

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Acanthomorpha(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Berycimorphaceae
orderBeryciformes
genusBrazosiella
specieskokeni

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.

†Brazosiella kokeni 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 20:59:28
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:59:28
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Texas) Brazosiella kokeni (type locality: 84145)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) Brazosiella kokeni (84146) Lactarius kokeni (209370 209371)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Brazosiella kokeni (84149)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Texas) Brazosiella kokeni (84143 84144 84147)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) Brazosiella kokeni (7437 7438 7439)