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Balkaria histiopterygia

Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Balkariidae

Taxonomy
Balkaria histiopterygia was named by Bannikov et al. (2017). Its type specimen is PIN 5314/2, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Khieu River, Eocene, which is in a Ypresian marine claystone in the Abazinka Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Balkaria.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Balkaria histiopterygia Bannikov et al. p. 133 figs. Figs. 2-6

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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
orderTetraodontiformesBerg 1940
suborderTetraodontoidei
familyBalkariidae
genusBalkaria
specieshistiopterygia

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.

†Balkaria histiopterygia Bannikov et al. 2017
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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: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:45:45
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:45:45
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Russian Federation (Kabardino-Balkarian) Balkaria histiopterygia (type locality: 218152)