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Myctophum dorsale
Taxonomy
Leuciscus dorsalis was named by Sauvage (1870). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Licata, which is in a Messinian marine horizon in Italy.
It was recombined as Myctophum dorsalae by Arambourg (1925); it was recombined as Ceratoscopelus dorsalis by Bedini et al. (1986), Gregorova (2004); it was recombined as Myctophum dorsale by Arambourg (1927), Gaudant et al. (1996), Gaudant (2008).
It was recombined as Myctophum dorsalae by Arambourg (1925); it was recombined as Ceratoscopelus dorsalis by Bedini et al. (1986), Gregorova (2004); it was recombined as Myctophum dorsale by Arambourg (1927), Gaudant et al. (1996), Gaudant (2008).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1870 | Leuciscus dorsalis Sauvage |
| 1925 | Myctophum dorsalae Arambourg p. 69 |
| 1927 | Myctophum dorsale Arambourg p. 43 |
| 1986 | Ceratoscopelus dorsalis Bedini et al. p. 25 |
| 1996 | Myctophum dorsale Gaudant et al. p. 138 |
| 2004 | Ceratoscopelus dorsalis Gregorova p. 82 figs. Table 1 |
| 2008 | Myctophum dorsale Gaudant p. 216 |
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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.
†Myctophum dorsale Sauvage 1870
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Messinian or 7.24600 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections (16 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Messinian | Italy (Sicily) | Ceratoscopelus dorsalis, Myctophum dorsale (186578) | |
| Messinian | Greece | Myctophum dorsale (207361) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Tuscany) | Myctophum dorsale (186580) | |
| Messinian | Italy | Ceratoscopelus dorsalis (210251 210640) Ceratoscopelus dorsalis, Myctophum dorsale (186576) Leuciscus dorsalis, Myctophum dorsale (type locality: 185692) Myctophum dorsale (186577) | |
| Messinian | Algeria (Oran) | Myctophum dorsale (59256) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Sicile) | Myctophum dorsale (210669) | |
| Messinian | Greece (Crete) | Myctophum dorsale (207364 207365 207366) | |
| Messinian | Algeria | Myctophum dorsale (186582 186583 186585) |