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Saurida tenera

Osteichthyes - Aulopiformes - Synodontidae

Taxonomy
Saurida tenera was named by Schwarzhans (2013). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ewongue 9, 90 m, which is in a Serravallian/Tortonian marine claystone in the Mandrové Formation of Gabon.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. recta, S. tenuis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Saurida tenera Schwarzhans p. 158

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Cyclosquamata
orderAulopiformesRosen 1973
suborderAulopoidei
familySynodontidae
genusSaurida
speciestenera

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.

†Saurida tenera 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 20:54:50
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:54:50
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Tortonian or 13.82000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Gabon Saurida tenera (type locality: 219363)