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Benthosema suborbitale

Osteichthyes - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Taxonomy
Myctophum suborbitale was named by Gilbert (1913). It is extant.

It was recombined as Benthosema suborbitale by Fraser-Brunner (1949), Brzobohaty and Nolf (1996), Girone et al. (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Myctophum suborbitale Gilbert
1949Benthosema suborbitale Fraser-Brunner p. 1051
1996Benthosema suborbitale Brzobohaty and Nolf p. 156
2006Benthosema suborbitale Girone et al. p. 655

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Myctophata
orderMyctophiformesRegan 1911
familyMyctophidaeGill 1893
genusBenthosemaGoode and Bean 1896
speciessuborbitale(Gilbert 1913)

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.

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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 21:28:48
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:28:48
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 11.63000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Greece (Crete) Benthosema suborbitale (207585 207587 207588 207589 207590)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Greece (Crete) Benthosema suborbitale (207591)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Benthosema suborbitale (199860 220503)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Taiwan (Taiwan) Benthosema suborbitale (237150 237152)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Greece (Rhodes) Benthosema suborbitale (207571)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Italy Benthosema suborbitale (159378)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Benthosema suborbitale (159288)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Japan (Kanagawa) Benthosema suborbitale (275914)