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Ocystias sagitta

Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae

Taxonomy
Ocystias sagitta was named by Jordan and Gilbert (1920). Its type specimen is Stanford University Paleontology Type Collection 20, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lompoc Quarry, which is in a Tortonian basinal (siliciclastic) diatomite in the Monterey Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Ocystias sagitta Jordan and Gilbert p. 18 figs. Plate X
1925Ocystias sagitta Jordan p. 22
1943Ocystias sagitta David p. 153
2012Ocystias sagitta Fierstine et al. p. 150

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
EuteleosteiRosen 1973
superorderAcanthopterygii
Percomorpha
OvalentariaSmith and Near 2012
orderScombriformes
suborderScombroideiBleeker 1859
familyScombridae(Rafinesque 1815)
genusOcystias
speciessagitta

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.

Ocystias sagitta Jordan and Gilbert 1920
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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: Tortonian or 11.63000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (California) Ocystias sagitta (type locality: 45489)