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Leptacantholepidus rotundus

Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Macrouridae

Taxonomy
Leptacantholepidus rotundus was named by David (1956). Its type specimen is CIT 10492, an other (scale), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ohio Oil Co. well Bear State No. 23, which is in a Miocene deep-water horizon in California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Leptacantholepidus rotundus David p. 594 figs. Fig. 25
2012Leptacantholepidus rotundus Fierstine et al. p. 62

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
RankNameAuthor
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Acanthomorpha(Rosen 1973)
Paracanthomorphacea
Zeiogadaria
Gadariae
orderGadiformesGoodrich 1909
familyMacrouridaeJordan and Evermann 1898
genusLeptacantholepidus
speciesrotundus

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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.63000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (California) Leptacantholepidus rotundus (type locality: 203252)