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Berycopsis

Osteichthyes - Polymixiidae

Discussion

Name ascribed to Agassiz in Dixon 1850.

Taxonomy
Berycopsis was named by Agassiz (1850) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno K Camp-u Sepkoski's reference number: 863].

It was assigned to Percidae by Dixon (1850); to Carangidae by Woodward (1902); to Polymixiiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Beryciformes by Dietze (2009); and to Polymixiidae by Patterson (1964), Patterson (1993), Bannikov and Bacchia (2005), van der Laan (2019).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Berycopsis Agassiz p. 372
1850Berycopsis Dixon p. 372
1858Platycormus von der Marck p. 251
1902Berycopsis Woodward p. 5
1964Berycopsis Patterson p. 263
1993Berycopsis Patterson
2002Berycopsis Sepkoski
2005Berycopsis Bannikov and Bacchia p. 518
2009Berycopsis Dietze p. 566
2019Berycopsis van der Laan p. 72

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—PolymixiipterygiiBetancur-R et al. 2017
familyPolymixiidaeGill 1862
genusBerycopsisAgassiz 1850

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.

G. †Berycopsis Agassiz 1850
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Berycopsis elegans Dixon 1850
†Berycopsis germanus Agassiz 1837
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Invalid names: Platycormus oblongus von der Marck 1863 [synonym]
†Berycopsis paucoradius Dietze 2009
†Berycopsis pulcher Bannikov and Bacchia 2005
Invalid names: Platycormus von der Marck 1858 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-21 04:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 100.50000 to 72.20000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) B. elegans (118407)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lebanon B. pulcher (69119 221172)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) B. elegans (221373)
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) B. elegans (238510)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) B. elegans (221374)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) B. elegans (221375 221376)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany Platycormus germanus (221711 221714 221720) Platycormus gibbosus (221718) Platycormus oblongus (221713) Platycormus oblongus, Platycormus germanus, B. paucoradius (213198)