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Progadus pliocenicus

Osteichthyes - Gadiformes - Gadidae

Taxonomy
Progadus pliocenicus was named by David (1956). Its type specimen is CIT 10453, an other (scale), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Oxnard Oil Company well Vanoni No. 1, which is in a Pliocene basinal (siliceous) horizon in California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Progadus pliocenicus David p. 577 figs. P1. 71, fig. 3-5; Text-fig
2012Progadus pliocenicus Fierstine et al. p. 73

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Paracanthopterygii()
orderGadiformesGoodrich 1909
suborderGadoidei
familyGadidaeRafinesque 1810
genusProgadus
speciespliocenicus

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.

Progadus pliocenicus David 1956
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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 21:19:31
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:19:31
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Progadus pliocenicus (type locality: 203246)