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Bregmaceros minutus

Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Bregmacerotidae

Taxonomy
Bregmaceros minutus was named by Stinton (1957). Its type specimen is NMV P 16954, an otolith, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Balcombe Bay, Langhian, which is in a Langhian marine marl in Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. catulus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Bregmaceros minutus Stinton p. 85
1985Bregmaceros minutus Schwarzhans p. 24
2019Bregmaceros minutus Schwarzhans p. 152

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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)
—Paracanthomorphacea
—Zeiogadaria
—Gadariae
orderGadiformesGoodrich 1909
suborderGadoidei
familyBregmacerotidae
genusBregmacerosThompson 1840
speciesminutus

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.

†Bregmaceros minutus Stinton 1957
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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 21:19:31
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:19:31
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Altonian or 15.98000 to 15.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) Bregmaceros minutus (219341 219593 219605)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Bregmaceros minutus (type locality: 219137)