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Bathylagus angelensis

Actinopteri - Argentiniformes - Microstomatidae

Taxonomy
Azalois angelensis was named by Jordan and Gilbert (1919). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bairdstown, which is in a Miocene marine shale/sandstone in the Monterey Formation of California.

It was recombined as Bathylagus (Quaesita) angelensis by David (1943); it was recombined as Bathylagus angelensis by Fierstine et al. (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. obesa, B. sencta

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Azalois angelensis Jordan and Gilbert p. 32
1919Lygisma tenax Jordan and Gilbert p. 33 figs. Plate VIII, Fig. 2
1920Lygisma tenax Jordan and Gilbert p. 7
1925Quaesita quiescens Jordan p. 11 figs. Plate 3-a
1943Bathylagus (Quaesita) angelensis David p. 123
2012Bathylagus angelensis Fierstine et al. p. 38

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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)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
superorderProtacanthopterygii
orderArgentiniformes
familyMicrostomatidae
genusBathylagusGünther 1878
speciesangelensis()

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.

†Bathylagus angelensis Jordan and Gilbert 1919
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Invalid names: Lygisma tenax Jordan and Gilbert 1919 [synonym], Quaesita quiescens Jordan 1925 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:52:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Turonian to the top of the Tortonian or 93.90000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) Bathylagus angelensis (221082)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) Azalois angelensis (type locality: 186018) Lygisma tenax (186021)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (California) Lygisma tenax, Quaesita quiescens (45489)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (California) Bathylagus angelensis (152598 167462 182934 186660)