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Bauzaia lamberi

Osteichthyes - Ophidiiformes - Ophididae

Taxonomy
Bauzaia lamberi was named by Frizzell and Dante (1965). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Station CKL-62-4, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in the Weches Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Lepophidium lamberi by Ebersole et al. (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Bauzaia lamberi Frizzell and Dante p. 711 figs. P1. 86, figs. 27,28,30,31,41
2019Lepophidium lamberi Ebersole et al. p. 202

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Percomorphaceae
Ophidiaria
orderOphidiiformesBerg 1937
familyOphididae
genusBauzaia
specieslamberi

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.

Bauzaia lamberi 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: nektonicf
Depth habitat: deepf
Diet: carnivoref
Created: 2009-07-20 07:46:14
Modified: 2009-07-20 09:46:14
Source: f = family, o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Lutetian or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Texas) Bauzaia lamberi (84145)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) Bauzaia lamberi (84146 237116 237130)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Bauzaia lamberi (237140)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Texas) Bauzaia lamberi (84147 type locality: 84148)