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Protargentinolithus balticus

Osteichthyes - Argentiniformes - Argentinidae

Taxonomy
Berycidarum balticus was named by Roedel (1930). Its type specimen is PMHUB (no number), an otolith, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Protargentinolithus.

It was recombined as Protargentinolithus balticus by Schwarzhans (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Berycidarum balticus Roedel p. 36
2003Protargentinolithus balticus Schwarzhans p. 36

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—Protacanthopterygii()
orderArgentiniformes
familyArgentinidaeBonaparte 1838
genusProtargentinolithus
speciesbalticus(Roedel 1930)

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 mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Selandian or 61.66000 to 59.24000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Denmark Protoargentinolithus balticus (159792 159793 159794)