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Waitakia profunda

Osteichthyes - Jugulares - Hemerocoetidae

Taxonomy
Waitakia profunda was named by Schwarzhans (2019). Its type specimen is CD963, an otolith, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cape Foulwind beach cliffs, which is in a Runangan marine horizon in New Zealand.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
W. pulchra

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Waitakia profunda Schwarzhans p. 83

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
orderJugulares
—Percophidiformes
familyHemerocoetidae
genusWaitakia
speciesprofunda

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.

†Waitakia profunda Schwarzhans 2019
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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, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kaiatan to the top of the Runangan or 39.10000 to 34.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kaiatan39.1 - 36.7New Zealand (South Island) Waitakia profunda (219333)
Runangan36.7 - 34.6New Zealand Waitakia profunda (type locality: 219494)