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Neoscombrops

Osteichthyes - Acropomatidae

Taxonomy
Neoscombrops was named by Gilchrist (1922) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Scombropidae by Schwarzhans (1978); to Percichthyidae by Steurbaut (1979); to Acropomatidae by Schwarzhans (1980), Steurbaut (1982), Steurbaut (1984); and to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002).

Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Neoscombrops Gilchrist
1978Neoscombrops Schwarzhans p. 33
1979Neoscombrops Steurbaut p. 70
1980Neoscombrops Schwarzhans p. 199
1982Neoscombrops Steurbaut p. 44
1984Neoscombrops Steurbaut p. 82
2002Neoscombrops Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Percomorphaceae
Percomorpharia
familyAcropomatidaeGill 1891
genusNeoscombropsGilchrist 1922

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. Neoscombrops Gilchrist 1922
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Neoscombrops flexuosus Steurbaut 1979
Neoscombrops vetustus Schwarzhans 1980
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: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Mangaorapan to the top of the Zanclean or 52.00000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mangaorapan52.0 - 48.9New Zealand (South Island) Verilus vetustus (219499)
Mangaorapan - Heretaungan52.0 - 45.7New Zealand (South Island) Verilus vetustus (219500 219501)
Heretaungan48.9 - 45.7New Zealand (South Island) Verilus vetustus (219498)
Bortonian42.6 - 39.1New Zealand (South Island) N. vetustus (205332 219322) Verilus vetustus (219503)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France N. sp. (152695)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France N. flexuosus (220042)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Sicily) N. praeannectens (223702)