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Sillago mckayi

Osteichthyes - Sillaginidae

Taxonomy
Sillago mckayi was named by Schwarzhans (1985). Its type specimen is SAME 10357, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bird Rock, which is in a Chattian coastal horizon in Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. hassovicus, S. japonica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Sillago mckayi Schwarzhans p. 50

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—EupercariaBetancur et al. 2013
familySillaginidaeRichardson 1846
genusSillagoCuvier 1817
speciesmckayi

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.

†Sillago mckayi Schwarzhans 1985
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Chattian or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Australia (Victoria) Sillago mckayi (type locality: 219138)