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Hippocampus sarmaticus

Osteichthyes - Syngnathiformes - Syngnathidae

Taxonomy
Hippocampus sarmaticus was named by Žalohar et al. (2009). Its type specimen is T-245, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tunjice Village, location A, which is in a Sarmatian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal mudstone in the Dol Formation of Slovenia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Hippocampus sarmaticus Žalohar et al. p. 80 figs. Figure 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
Teleosteomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Percomorphaceae
Syngnatharia
orderSyngnathiformes
suborderSyngnathoidei
familySyngnathidae
genusHippocampusRafinesque 1810
speciessarmaticus

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.

Hippocampus sarmaticus Žalohar et al. 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Sarmatian or 12.80000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Slovenia Hippocampus sarmaticus (type locality: 103103)