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Benthalbella praecessor

Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Scopelarchidae

Taxonomy
Benthalbella praecessor was named by Nazarkin and Carnevale (2019). Its type specimen is ZIN 410p, a skeleton (partly disarticulated skeleton in part and counterpart), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Penzenskoe, which is in a Miocene/Miocene marine horizon in the Kurasi Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Benthalbella praecessor Nazarkin and Carnevale p. 2 figs. 2-7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Aulopa
orderAulopiformesRosen 1973
familyScopelarchidae
genusBenthalbellaZugmayer 1911
speciespraecessor

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.

Benthalbella praecessor Nazarkin and Carnevale 2019
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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 20:54:50
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:54:50
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 15.97000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333Russian Federation Benthalbella praecessor (type locality: 185386)