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Fierasferoides bucculentus

Osteichthyes - Ophidiiformes - Carapidae

Taxonomy
Fierasferoides bucculentus was named by Schwarzhans and Bratischko (2011). Its type specimen is ULUZ 2/023, an otolith, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Luzanivka [Tashlik Fm], which is in a Selandian/Thanetian shallow subtidal sandstone in the Tashlik Formation of Ukraine.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Fierasferoides bucculentus Schwarzhans and Bratischko p. 91 figs. figs. 7E-F, 15F

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—Ophidiaria
orderOphidiiformesBerg 1937
suborderOphidioidei
familyCarapidaeJordan and Fowler 1902
genusFierasferoidesSchwarzhans 1981
speciesbucculentus

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.

†Fierasferoides bucculentus Schwarzhans and Bratischko 2011
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: parasiteo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:30:52
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:30:52
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Thanetian or 61.66000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0Ukraine Fierasferoides bucculentus (type locality: 159509)