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Macrurulus

Osteichthyes - Gadiformes - Merlucciidae

Taxonomy
Macrurulus was named by Schwarzhans (1980).

It was assigned to Macrourinae by Schwarzhans (1980); and to Merlucciidae by Schwarzhans (2019), Robinson et al. (2024).

Species
M. depressus, M. fordycei, M. immanis
Species lacking formal opinion data
M. imanis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Macrurulus Schwarzhans p. 111
2019Macrurulus Schwarzhans p. 46
2024Macrurulus Robinson et al. p. 572

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

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.

G. †Macrurulus Schwarzhans 1980
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†Macrurulus depressus Schwarzhans 2019
†Macrurulus fordycei Schwarzhans 2019
†Macrurulus immanis Schwarzhans 1980
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Teurian to the top of the Bortonian or 66.00000 to 39.10000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Teurian66.0 - 56.0New Zealand (South Island) M. sp. (219516)
Waipawan - Mangaorapan56.0 - 48.9New Zealand (South Island) M. immanis, M. fordycei (219497)
Mangaorapan52.0 - 48.9New Zealand (South Island) M. immanis (219499)
Mangaorapan - Heretaungan52.0 - 45.7New Zealand (South Island) M. immanis (219500 219501)
Heretaungan48.9 - 45.7New Zealand (South Island) M. immanis (219498)
Porangan45.7 - 42.6New Zealand (South Island) M. immanis (219502)
Bortonian42.6 - 39.1New Zealand (South Island) M. imanis, M. depressus (219322) M. immanis (205332 219504) M. immanis, M. depressus (219503)