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Taverneichthys bikanericus

Actinopteri - Osteoglossiformes - Osteoglossidae

Taxonomy
Taverneichthys bikanericus was named by Kumar et al. (2005). Its type specimen is JNVU ⁄ GEOL ⁄ PAL 502, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hadla-Bhatiyan village well, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial shale in the Palana Formation of India. It is the type species of Taverneichthys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Taverneichthys bikanericus Kumar et al. p. 1195 figs. plate 1, fig. 4-7; text-figs. 5-6

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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)
Osteoglossocephalai
Osteoglossocephala
superorderOsteoglossomorpha
orderOsteoglossiformesBerg 1940
familyOsteoglossidaeBonaparte 1832
subfamilyOsteoglossinaeNelson 1968
genusTaverneichthys
speciesbikanericus

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.

Taverneichthys bikanericus Kumar et al. 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:33:46
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:33:30
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Paleocene or 66.00000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0India (Rajasthan) Taverneichthys bikanericus (type locality: 192265)