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Menidarum occultus

Osteichthyes - Menidae

Taxonomy
Menidarum occultus was named by Nolf and Bajpai (1992). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is P 5927, an otolith, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rato Nala bridge no. 241, which is in a Lutetian marine claystone in the Harudi Formation of India.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Menidarum occultus Nolf and Bajpai p. 202 figs. PI. 2,Figs. 1-2;PI.4,Fig.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Percomorphaceae
Carangaria
familyMenidaeGill 1885
genusMenidarumUnknown
speciesoccultus

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.

Menidarum occultus Nolf and Bajpai 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03India (Kachchh) Menidarum occultus (type locality: 202251)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Indonesia (Java) Menidarum occultus (202252)