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Parapercis finlayi

Actinopteri - Uranoscopiformes - Pinguipedidae

Taxonomy
Parapercis finlayi was named by Frost (1924). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is S117, GS 476, 483, 486, 1341 Wharekuri, Waitaki Valley, which is in a Duntroonian coastal sandstone in the Wharekuri Greensand Formation of New Zealand.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. bispicatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Parapercis finlayi Frost p. 613 figs. Plate 62, Fig. 20
1980Parapercis finlayi Schwarzhans p. 165
1985Parapercis finlayi Schwarzhans p. 51
2017Parapercis finlayi Schwarzhans et al. p. 454
2019Parapercis finlayi Schwarzhans p. 210

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
RankNameAuthor
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Percomorpharia
orderUranoscopiformes
familyPinguipedidae
genusParapercisBleeker 1963
speciesfinlayi

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.

†Parapercis finlayi Frost 1924
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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: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:44:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:44:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Duntroonian to the top of the Clifdenian or 27.30000 to 13.65000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand (South Island) Parapercis finlayi (219337 219570 219611 219612)
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand (Otago) Parapercis finlayi (type locality: 85548)
Waitakian25.2 - 21.7New Zealand (South Island) Parapercis finlayi (219319 219334 219336 219578 219579 219580 219581 219582 219584 219585)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (South Island) Parapercis finlayi (219586 219587)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (North Island) Parapercis finlayi (219517)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (North Shore) Parapercis finlayi (219524)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) Parapercis finlayi (219318 219341 219593 219598 219599 219602 219604 219606 219621 219622 219744)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand Parapercis finlayi (67900)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Parapercis finlayi (71242)
Clifdenian15.9 - 13.65New Zealand (South Island) Parapercis finlayi (219275 219623)
Lillburnian - Waiauan15.1 - 11.04New Zealand (South Island) Parapercis finlayi (219610)