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Osmeroides lewesiensis

Osteichthyes - Elopiformes - Osmeroididae

Taxonomy
Salmo lewesiensis was named by Mantell (1822). Its type specimen is BMNH 4294, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Osmeroides.

It was recombined as Osmeroides lewesiensis by Agassiz (1835), Agassiz (1837), Agassiz (1843), von der Marck (1885), Woodward (1901), Forey (1973).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. rheris, O. transversus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Salmo lewesiensis Mantell
1835Osmeroides lewesiensis Agassiz p. 55
1837Osmeroides lewesiensis Agassiz figs. Pl 60b, figs 1-7; pl 60c, figs 1-7
1843Osmeroides lewesiensis Agassiz p. 105
1885Osmeroides lewesiensis von der Marck p. 243
1901Osmeroides lewesiensis Woodward p. 11 figs. text-fig 2
1973Osmeroides lewesiensis Forey p. 95 figs. 46-53

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Elopomorpha()
orderElopiformesSauvage 1875
suborderAlbuloidei
familyOsmeroididae
genusOsmeroides
specieslewesiensis(Mantell 1822)

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.

†Osmeroides lewesiensis Mantell 1822
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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 21:12:52
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:12:52
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 113.20000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.2 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Osmeroides lewesiensis (86975)
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) Osmeroides lewesiensis (238510)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany Osmeroides lewesiensis (221859)