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Brazosiella moseleyi

Actinopteri - Beryciformes

Taxonomy
Brazosiella moseleyi 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.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Brazosiella moseleyi Frizzell and Dante p. 701 figs. P1. 87, figs. 21,27

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Berycimorphaceae
orderBeryciformes
genusBrazosiella
speciesmoseleyi

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 moseleyi 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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Lutetian or 47.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Texas) Brazosiella moseleyi (type locality: 84145)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Brazosiella moseleyi (84146)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Brazosiella moseleyi (84149)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Texas) Brazosiella moseleyi (84143 84144 84147)