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Pleuronichthys veliger

Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Pleuronectidae

Taxonomy
Zororhombus veliger was named by Jordan and Gilbert (1920). Its type specimen is Stanford University Paleontology Type Collection 230, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lompoc Quarry, which is in a Tortonian basinal (siliciclastic) diatomite in the Monterey Formation of California.

It was recombined as Pleuronichthys veliger by Fierstine et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Zororhombus veliger Jordan and Gilbert p. 39 figs. Plate XXVII
2012Pleuronichthys veliger Fierstine et al. p. 160

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
EuteleosteiRosen 1973
superorderAcanthopterygii
Percomorpha
orderPleuronectiformes
suborderPleuronectoidei
familyPleuronectidae
genusPleuronichthysGirard 1856
speciesveliger()

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.

Pleuronichthys veliger Jordan and Gilbert 1920
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:39:27
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:39:27
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Tortonian or 11.63000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (California) Zororhombus veliger (type locality: 45489)