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Scomberesox edwardsi

Actinopteri - Beloniformes - Belonidae

Taxonomy
Scomberesox edwardsi was named by Jordan and Gilbert (1919). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Elysian Park, which is in a Miocene marine shale in the Modelo Formation of California.

It was recombined as Scomberesox (Scomberessus) edwardsi by David (1943).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Scomberesox edwardsi Jordan and Gilbert
1943Scomberesox (Scomberessus) edwardsi David p. 17
2012Scomberesox edwardsi Fierstine et al. p. 86

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
RankNameAuthor
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Carangimorpharia
—Ovalentariae
superorderAtherinomorphae()
orderBeloniformes
suborderExocoetoidei
familyBelonidae
genusScomberesoxLacépède 1803
speciesedwardsi

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.

†Scomberesox edwardsi Jordan and Gilbert 1919
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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: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:57:04
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:57:04
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.60800 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (California) Scomberesox edwardsi (185673 type locality: 185680)