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Trachichthodes pulcher

Actinopteri - Beryciformes

Taxonomy
Trachichthodes pulcher 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.

It was recombined as Centroberyx pulcher by Schwarzhans (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Trachichthodes pulcher Schwarzhans p. 131
2019Centroberyx pulcher Schwarzhans p. 61

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Acanthomorpha(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Berycimorphaceae
orderBeryciformes
suborderBerycoidei
genusTrachichthodesGilchrist 1903
speciespulcher

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.

†Trachichthodes pulcher 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 20:59:28
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:59:28
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 (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mangaorapan52.0 - 48.9New Zealand (South Island) Centroberyx pulcher (219499)
Mangaorapan - Heretaungan52.0 - 45.7New Zealand (South Island) Centroberyx pulcher (219500 219501)
Heretaungan48.9 - 45.7New Zealand (South Island) Centroberyx pulcher (219498)
Porangan45.7 - 42.6New Zealand (South Island) Centroberyx pulcher (219502)
Bortonian42.6 - 39.1New Zealand (South Island) Centroberyx pulcher (219504 219509) Trachichthodes pulcher (205332 219322)
Kaiatan39.1 - 36.7New Zealand (South Island) Centroberyx pulcher (219512) Trachichthodes pulcher (type locality: 219333)