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Ranzania tenneyorum

Tetraodontiformes - Molidae

Taxonomy
Ranzania tenneyorum was named by Weems (1985). Its type specimen is USNM 265392, a partial skull (premaxillary beak), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gravatt's Mill, near Hanover Court House, which is in a Burdigalian coastal marl in the Calvert Formation of Virginia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Ranzania tenneyorum Weems p. 431 figs. Fig. 7D
1994Ranzania tenneyorum Uyeno and Sakamoto p. 112
2018Ranzania tenneyorum Carnevale and Godfrey p. 203
2020Ranzania tenneyorum Carnevale et al. p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderTetraodontiformesBerg 1940
suborderMoloidei
familyMolidae
genusRanzaniaNardo 1840
speciestenneyorum

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.

†Ranzania tenneyorum Weems 1985
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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 21:45:45
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:45:45
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.45000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Virginia) Ranzania tenneyorum (type locality: 89549)