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Diplomystus coverhamensis

Osteichthyes - Ellimmichthyiformes

Taxonomy
Diplomystus coverhamensis was named by Chapman (1918). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is S35 Cover Creek, which is in a Cenomanian coastal mudstone in New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Diplomystus coverhamensis Chapman p. 26 figs. Plate VIII, Fig. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
superorderClupeomorpha
orderEllimmichthyiformes
suborderArmigatoideiMurray and Wilson 2013
genusDiplomystus
speciescoverhamensis

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.

†Diplomystus coverhamensis Chapman 1918
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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 21:17:18
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:17:18
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9New Zealand Diplomystus coverhamensis (type locality: 88982)