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Tethymyxine
Taxonomy
Tethymyxine was named by Miyashita et al. (2019). Its type is Tethymyxine tapirostrum.
It was assigned to Myxinoidea by Miyashita et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Myxinoidea by Miyashita et al. (2019).
Species
T. tapirostrum (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Tethymyxine Miyashita et al. p. 2147 |
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G. †Tethymyxine Miyashita et al. 2019
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†Tethymyxine tapirostrum Miyashita et al. 2019
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| T. Miyashita et al. 2019 | Tethymyxine tapirostrum is a myxinoid exhibiting the following unique combination of characters: tapering nasohy- pophyseal profile; tentacular cartilage not extending beyond nasohypophyseal aperture; prebranchial length nearly equal to branchial length; 8 pairs of branchial pouches; 133 slime glands on one side; and caudal fin not expanded into a round lobe. |
Measurements
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| Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Lebanon | T. tapirostrum (212910) |