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Megalops lissa

Osteichthyes - Elopiformes - Megalopidae

Taxonomy
Megalops lissa was named by Stinton (1957). 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
M. atlantica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Megalops lissa Stinton p. 81

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Elopomorpha()
orderElopiformesSauvage 1875
familyMegalopidaeJordan 1923
genusMegalopsLacépède 1803
specieslissa

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.

†Megalops lissa 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 21:12:52
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:12:52
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Langhian or 27.30000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Australia (Victoria) Megalops lissa (48647 219138)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Megalops lissa (type locality: 219137)