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Beryx sanjoaquinensis

Actinopteri - Beryciformes - Berycidae

Taxonomy
Beryx sanjoaquinensis was named by David (1946) [original spelling san-joaquinensis]. Its type specimen is CIT 10328, a dermal scale, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jergins Oil Company, Chaney Ranch No. 1 (3543-3864 feet), which is in an Eocene/Eocene marine shale in the Tumey Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Beryx sanjoaquinensis David p. 64 figs. Plate 3, fig3; Plate 4, fig 1; text-fig. 6c

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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
familyBerycidaeLowe 1843
genusBeryxCuvier 1829
speciessanjoaquinensis

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.

Beryx sanjoaquinensis David 1946
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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 Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 47.80000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9USA (California) Beryx sanjoaquinensis (type locality: 191015)