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Austrocentris cavernosus

Actinopteri - Beryciformes

Taxonomy
Cleidopus cavernosus was named by Stinton (1957). Its type specimen is NMV P 16959, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Torquay, which is in a Chattian marine horizon in Australia. It is the type species of Austrocentris.

It was recombined as Austrocentris cavernosus by Schwarzhans (1980) and Schwarzhans (1985).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Cleidopus cavernosus Stinton p. 86
1980Austrocentris cavernosus Schwarzhans p. 135
1985Austrocentris cavernosus Schwarzhans p. 31

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Berycimorphaceae
orderBeryciformes
suborderBerycoidei
genusAustrocentris
speciescavernosus()

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.

†Austrocentris cavernosus 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 20:59:28
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:59:28
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Chattian or 28.10000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) Cleidopus cavernosus, Austrocentris cavernosus (174152)