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Osmerus larteti

Actinopteri - Salmoniformes - Salmonidae

Taxonomy
Osmerus larteti was named by Sauvage (1870). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Licata, which is in a Messinian marine horizon in Italy.

It was recombined as Photichthys larteti by Arambourg (1925) and Bedini et al. (1986); it was recombined as Diaphus larteti by Gregorova (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Osmerus larteti Sauvage p. 17
1872Osmerus larteti Sauvage
1873Osmerus larteti Sauvage p. 213
1925Photichthys larteti Arambourg p. 54
1986Photichthys larteti Bedini et al. p. 19
2004Diaphus larteti Gregorova p. 82 figs. Table 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
RankNameAuthor
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
superorderProtacanthopterygii
orderSalmoniformesBleeker 1859
familySalmonidaeCuvier 1816
genusOsmerusForskal 1775
specieslarteti

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.

Osmerus larteti Sauvage 1870
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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 21:40:35
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:40:35
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Messinian or 7.24600 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Osmerus larteti (type locality: 185692)