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Otophidium scrippsae

Osteichthyes - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae

Taxonomy
Otophidium scrippsae was named by Hubbs (1916). It is extant.

It was recombined as Ophidion scrippsae by Fierstine et al. (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. indefatigabile, O. taylori

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Otophidium scrippsae Hubbs
2012Ophidion scrippsae Fierstine et al. p. 76

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—Ophidiaria
orderOphidiiformesBerg 1937
suborderOphidioidei
familyOphidiidaeRafinesque 1810
genusOtophidiumGill 1885
speciesscrippsaeHubbs 1916

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: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: parasiteo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:30:52
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:30:52
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Otophidium scrippsae (219849)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Otophidium scrippsae (59063 160361)