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Merluccius abreviatus

Osteichthyes - Gadiformes - Merlucciidae

Taxonomy
Merluccius abreviatus was named by Nolf and Brzobohaty (2002). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Saubriges Paleocanyon, Chattian, which is in a Chattian marine horizon in France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. albidus, M. angustimanus, M. billnearis, M. latus, M. meluccius, M. merlucchus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Merluccius abreviatus Nolf and Brzobohaty p. 280 figs. Plate 7, Fig. 9-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Paracanthopterygii()
orderGadiformesGoodrich 1909
suborderGadoidei
familyMerlucciidaeGill 1884
genusMerlucciusRafinesque 1810
speciesabreviatus

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.

†Merluccius abreviatus Nolf and Brzobohaty 2002
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

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 - 23.04France Merluccius abreviatus (type locality: 219194)