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Leptoscopus progressus

Actinopteri - Leptoscopidae

Taxonomy
Leptoscopus progressus was named by Schwarzhans (1980). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is S137/f499 - Rifle Butts Fm, Pukeuri, which is in an Altonian coastal sandstone in the Rifle Butts Formation of New Zealand.

It was recombined as Awamoa progressa by Schwarzhans (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. iocosus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Leptoscopus progressus Schwarzhans p. 171
2019Awamoa progressa Schwarzhans p. 221

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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
—EuteleosteiRosen 1973
superorderAcanthopterygii
—Percomorpha
—OvalentariaSmith and Near 2012
—Trachiniformes
familyLeptoscopidae
genusLeptoscopusGill 1859
speciesprogressus

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.

†Leptoscopus progressus Schwarzhans 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:52:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Waitakian to the top of the Altonian or 25.20000 to 15.90000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Waitakian25.2 - 21.7New Zealand (South Island) Leptoscopus progressus (219336)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (South Island) Awamoa progressa (219586 219587 219588 219590 219591)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand Leptoscopus progressus (type locality: 67900)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) Awamoa progressa (219341 219592 219593 219594 219597 219598 219599 219606) Leptoscopus progressus, Awamoa progressa (219318)