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Merluccius athanasiui

Osteichthyes - Gadiformes - Merlucciidae

Taxonomy
Merluccius athanasiui was named by Pauca (1929). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Suslanesti, which is in a Rupelian marine slate in Romania.

It was recombined as Palaeogadus athanasiui by Constantin (1999).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. albidus, M. angustimanus, M. billnearis, M. latus, M. meluccius, M. merlucchus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Merluccius athanasiui Pauca
1999Palaeogadus athanasiui Constantin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Paracanthopterygii()
orderGadiformesGoodrich 1909
suborderGadoidei
familyMerlucciidaeGill 1884
genusMerlucciusRafinesque 1810
speciesathanasiui

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.

†Merluccius athanasiui Pauca 1929
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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 21:19:31
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:19:31
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Rupelian or 33.90000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Romania Merluccius athanasiui (type locality: 50344)