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Foa obesa

Osteichthyes - Kurtiformes - Apogonidae

Taxonomy
Foa obesa was named by Schwarzhans (2013). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ewongue 10, 30 m, which is in a Serravallian/Tortonian marine claystone in the Mandrové Formation of Gabon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Foa obesa Schwarzhans p. 174

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—Gobiaria
orderKurtiformes
suborderApogonoidei
familyApogonidaeBonaparte 1846
genusFoaJordan and Evermann 1905
speciesobesa

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.

†Foa obesa Schwarzhans 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

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 Foa obesa (type locality: 219367)