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Bregmaceros antiquus

Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Bregmacerotidae

Taxonomy
Bregmaceros antiquus 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.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. catulus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Bregmaceros antiquus Schwarzhans p. 93
2019Bregmaceros antiquus Schwarzhans p. 46

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
RankNameAuthor
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Paracanthomorphacea
—Zeiogadaria
—Gadariae
orderGadiformesGoodrich 1909
suborderGadoidei
familyBregmacerotidae
genusBregmacerosThompson 1840
speciesantiquus

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.

†Bregmaceros antiquus 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 21:19:31
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:19:31
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Bortonian to the top of the Runangan or 42.60000 to 34.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bortonian42.6 - 39.1New Zealand (South Island) Bregmaceros antiquus (219322)
Kaiatan39.1 - 36.7New Zealand (South Island) Bregmaceros antiquus (type locality: 219333 219512)
Runangan36.7 - 34.6New Zealand Bregmaceros antiquus (219494)