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Berycopsis elegans

Actinopteri - Beryciformes

Taxonomy
Berycopsis elegans was named by Dixon (1850). It is extant. Its type locality is Clayton Chalk Pit (Chalk Marl), which is in a Cenomanian/Cenomanian carbonate chalk in the Beer Head Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Berycopsis elegans Dixon p. 372
1902Berycopsis elegans Woodward p. 5
1964Berycopsis elegans Patterson p. 264 figs. Pl 2, fig 106; text-figs 23-32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Berycimorphaceae
orderBeryciformes
genusBerycopsisAgassiz 1850
specieselegans

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.

Berycopsis elegans Dixon 1850
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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 20:59:28
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:59:28
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Middle Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Turonian or 99.60000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Berycopsis elegans (type locality: 118407)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Berycopsis elegans (221373)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3United Kingdom (England) Berycopsis elegans (221374)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3United Kingdom (England) Berycopsis elegans (221375 221376)