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Palaeocybium proosti

Osteichthyes - Scombriformes - Scombridae

Taxonomy
Cybium proosti was named by Storms (1895).

It was recombined as Palaeocybium proosti by Monsch (2004), Ebersole et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Cybium proosti Storms p. 460
1946Cybium proosti Casier p. 148
1966Cybium proosti Casier p. 298
2004Palaeocybium proosti Monsch p. 460
2019Palaeocybium proosti Ebersole et al. p. 173

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—Pelagiaria
orderScombriformes
familyScombridae(Rafinesque 1815)
subfamilyScombrinaeRafinesque-Schmaltz 1815
tribeScomberomorini()
genusPalaeocybium
speciesproosti(Storms 1895)

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.

†Palaeocybium proosti Storms 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Bartonian or 56.00000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Mississippi) Cybium proosti (164192)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom Palaeocybium proosti (215472)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Belgium Cybium proosti (219001 219003 219005 219006 219008)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Cybium proosti (13299)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Palaeocybium proosti (81179)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Ukraine Cybium proosti (211009)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) Cybium proosti (209370 209371)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Cybium proosti (41888 41989 41992 41994 41996 41998)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Palaeocybium proosti (81266 176944)