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Promacrurus asymmetricus

Osteichthyes - Gadiformes - Macrouridae

Taxonomy
Promacrurus asymmetricus was named by David (1956). Its type specimen is CIT 10522, an other (scale), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Standard Oil Company well Alferitz No. 1, which is in an Eocene/Oligocene deep-water horizon in California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Promacrurus asymmetricus David p. 586 figs. Fig. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Paracanthopterygii()
orderGadiformesGoodrich 1909
familyMacrouridaeJordan and Evermann 1898
genusPromacrurus
speciesasymmetricus

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.

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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 37.71000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.71 - 27.3USA (California) Promacrurus asymmetricus (type locality: 203250)