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Scopelosaurus brevirostris

Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Scopelosauridae

Taxonomy
Scopelosaurus brevirostris was named by Schwarzhans (1980). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Waihao River, near McCullough's Bridge, which is in a Kaiatan marine sandstone in the Waihao Greensand Formation of New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Scopelosaurus brevirostris Schwarzhans p. 48
2019Scopelosaurus brevirostris Schwarzhans p. 40

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Aulopa
orderAulopiformesRosen 1973
suborderAulopoidei
familyScopelosauridae
genusScopelosaurusBleeker 1860
speciesbrevirostris

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.

†Scopelosaurus brevirostris Schwarzhans 1980
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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 20:54:50
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:54:50
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Mangaorapan to the top of the Kaiatan or 52.00000 to 36.70000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mangaorapan52.0 - 48.9New Zealand (South Island) Scopelosaurus brevirostris (219499)
Mangaorapan - Heretaungan52.0 - 45.7New Zealand (South Island) Scopelosaurus brevirostris (219500 219501)
Heretaungan48.9 - 45.7New Zealand (South Island) Scopelosaurus brevirostris (219498)
Porangan45.7 - 42.6New Zealand (South Island) Scopelosaurus brevirostris (219502)
Bortonian42.6 - 39.1New Zealand (South Island) Scopelosaurus brevirostris (219504)
Kaiatan39.1 - 36.7New Zealand (South Island) Scopelosaurus brevirostris (type locality: 219333)