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Palaeocybium

Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae

Taxonomy

Palaeocybium was named by Monsch (2004).

It was assigned to Acanthocybiinae by Monsch (2004); and to Scomberomorini by Ebersole et al. (2019), Cicimurri et al. (2022).

Species

P. proosti

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2004	Palaeocybium Monsch p. 459 figs. Fig. 15
2019	Palaeocybium Ebersole et al. p. 173
2022	Palaeocybium Cicimurri et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
superclass	Actinopterygii	()
class	Actinopteri	()
subclass	Neopterygii	(Regan 1923)
—	Teleosteomorpha
—	Teleostei	(Müller 1846)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Teleocephala	de Pinna 1996
—	Clupeocephala	Patterson and Rosen 1977
—	Euteleostei	Rosen 1973
superorder	Acanthopterygii
—	Percomorpha
—	Ovalentaria	Smith and Near 2012
order	Scombriformes
suborder	Scombroidei	Bleeker 1859
family	Scombridae	(Rafinesque 1815)
subfamily	Scombrinae	Rafinesque-Schmaltz 1815
tribe	Scomberomorini	()
genus	Palaeocybium

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.

G. †Palaeocybium Monsch 2004

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†Palaeocybium proosti Storms 1895

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

marinesubp

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Created:

2004-08-17 14:52:40

Modified:

2009-07-20 23:50:42

Source: c = class, subp = subphylum

Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Rupelian or 56.00000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (21 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene	56.0 - 48.07	USA (Mississippi)	Cybium proosti (164192)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Belgium	Cybium proosti (219001 219003 219005 219006 219008)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	United Kingdom (England)	Cybium proosti (13299)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	United Kingdom	P. proosti (215472)
Ypresian - Lutetian	56.0 - 41.03	USA (Alabama)	P. proosti (81179)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Ukraine	Cybium proosti (211009)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	United Kingdom (England)	Cybium proosti (41888 41989 41992 41994 41996 41998)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	USA (Texas)	Cybium proosti (209370 209371)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	USA (Alabama)	P. proosti (81266 176944)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	USA (South Carolina)	P. sp. (60444)