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Ranzania zappai

Osteichthyes - Tetraodontiformes - Molidae

Discussion

Etymology - zappai, the name honours the modern music composer Frank Zappa.

Taxonomy
Ranzania zappai was named by Carnevale (2007). Its type specimen is MSNTC PEL057, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Torricella Peligna, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in Italy.

Entered
by C. Peredo (authorized by M. Uhen) on 2017-04-24; modified by E. Vlachos on 2022-01-20

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Ranzania zappai Carnevale p. 39 figs. Pl. 6, fig. 10
2020Ranzania zappai Carnevale et al. p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
Teleosteomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Percomorphaceae
EupercariaBetancur et al. 2013
orderTetraodontiformesBerg 1940
suborderMoloidei
familyMolidae
genusRanzaniaNardo 1840
specieszappai

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.

Ranzania zappai Carnevale 2007
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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 21:45:45
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:45:45
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Middle Miocene or 15.98000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Italy Ranzania zappai (type locality: 185486)