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Syngnathus avus

Actinopteri - Syngnathiformes - Syngnathidae

Taxonomy
Syngnathus avus was named by Jordan and Gilbert (1919). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bairdstown, which is in a Miocene marine shale/sandstone in the Monterey Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Syngnathus avus Jordan and Gilbert p. 34 figs. Plate XXIX, Fig. 2
1943Syngnathus avus David p. 6170
1980Syngnathus avus Fritzsche p. 219
2012Syngnathus avus Fierstine et al. p. 94

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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
RankNameAuthor
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Scombrimorpharia
orderSyngnathiformes
suborderSyngnathoidei
familySyngnathidae
genusSyngnathus
speciesavus

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.

†Syngnathus avus 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 20:44:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:44:22
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 (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) Syngnathus avus (type locality: 186018)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (California) Syngnathus avus (91023 152598 179733 234629)