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Diaphus alcoholicus

Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Taxonomy
Diaphus alcoholicus was named by Brzobohaty and Nolf (1995). Its type specimen is IRSNB P 6182, an otolith, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pouzdrany, which is in a Rupelian marine claystone in the Pouzdrany Marls Formation of the Czech Republic.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Diaphus alcoholicus Brzobohaty and Nolf p. 259

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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
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Myctophata
orderMyctophiformesRegan 1911
familyMyctophidaeGill 1893
genusDiaphusEigenmann and Eigenmann 1890
speciesalcoholicus

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.

†Diaphus alcoholicus Brzobohaty and Nolf 1995
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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 21:28:48
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:28:48
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Chattian or 33.90000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Italy Diaphus alcoholicus (186979 186980)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1France Diaphus alcoholicus (186981)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Czech Republic Diaphus alcoholicus (type locality: 186982)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Diaphus alcoholicus (74860 219194)