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Archaeomaene tenuis

Actinopteri - Pholidophoriformes - Pholidophoridae

Taxonomy
Archaeomaene tenuis was named by Woodward (1895). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Talbragar Beds, which is in an Oxfordian/Tithonian lacustrine shale in the Purlawaugh Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Archaeomaene.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Archaeomaene tenuis Woodward p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
orderPholidophoriformes
familyPholidophoridae
genusArchaeomaene
speciestenuis

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.

†Archaeomaene tenuis Woodward 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Diet: suspension feederf
Created: 2013-12-06 12:48:42
Modified: 2013-12-06 12:48:42
Source: f = family, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lombardo and Tintori 2005

Age range: base of the Oxfordian to the top of the Tithonian or 161.50000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian - Tithonian161.5 - 143.1Australia (New South Wales) Archaeomaene tenuis (type locality: 29461)