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Makaira panamensis

Osteichthyes - Istiophoriformes - Istiophoridae

Taxonomy
Makaira panamensis was named by Fierstine (1978). Its type specimen is USNM 181710, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Makaira type locality, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in the Chagres Sandstone Formation of Panama.

Entered
by P. Holroyd on 2018-03-09

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Makaira panamensis Fierstine p. 2 figs. 1, 2, 4c
2006Makaira panamensis Fierstine p. 445

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—Carangaria
orderIstiophoriformes
familyIstiophoridae
genusMakairaLacépède 1802
speciespanamensis

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.

†Makaira panamensis Fierstine 1978
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.63000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Panama Makaira panamensis (type locality: 192109)