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Promacrurus saucesianus

Osteichthyes - Gadiformes - Macrouridae

Taxonomy
Promacrurus saucesianus was named by David (1956). Its type specimen is CIT 10488, an other (scale), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Texas Company well Newman No. 1, which is in a Miocene deep-water horizon in California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Promacrurus saucesianus David p. 586 figs. Fig. 15
2012Promacrurus saucesianus Fierstine et al. p. 66

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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
speciessaucesianus

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: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Promacrurus saucesianus (type locality: 203249)