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Polymerichthys

Osteichthyes - Aulopiformes - Polymerichthyidae

Taxonomy
Polymerichthys was named by Uyeno (1967). Its type is Polymerichthys nagurai. It is the type genus of Polymerichthyidae.

It was assigned to Polymerichthyidae by Uyeno (1967), Carnevale (2007), Nazarkin (2016), van der Laan (2019), Legendre et al. (2020).

Species
P. nagurai (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Polymerichthys Uyeno p. 284 figs. Fig. 1-3, Pis. 1-2
2007Polymerichthys Carnevale p. 19
2016Polymerichthys Nazarkin p. 830
2019Polymerichthys van der Laan p. 70
2020Polymerichthys Legendre et al. p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Cyclosquamata
orderAulopiformesRosen 1973
suborderAlepisauroidei
familyPolymerichthyidae
genusPolymerichthys

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.

G. †Polymerichthys Uyeno 1967
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†Polymerichthys nagurai Uyeno 1967
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. Uyeno 1967The dorsal fin has a long base starting immediately behind the head region. The number of dorsal rays is abonl 300 to 350. The pectoral fins are ventrally situated. The premaxillary and dentary teeth are small and numerous. There are about 186 vertebrae. The neural and haemal spines project from the central part of the centrum.
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 27.30000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Russian Federation (Sakhalin) P. sp. (204545)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan (Aichi) P. nagurai (204547)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Italy P. sp. (185486)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.98 - 5.333Russian Federation P. sp. (185386)