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Vinciguerria yombeensis

Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes - Phosichthyidae

Taxonomy
Vinciguerria yombeensis was named by Schwarzhans (2013). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yombe 1, 200-204 m, which is in a Tortonian marine claystone in the Mandorové Formation of Gabon.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. lucetia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Vinciguerria yombeensis Schwarzhans p. 156

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—Stomiatii
orderStomiatiformes
familyPhosichthyidae
genusVinciguerriaJordan and Evermann 1895
speciesyombeensis

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.

†Vinciguerria yombeensis Schwarzhans 2013
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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 21:43:47
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:43:47
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Tortonian or 11.62000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Gabon Vinciguerria yombeensis (type locality: 219359)