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Sprattus arewhana

Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei

Taxonomy
Sprattus arewhana was named by Schwarzhans (2019). Its type specimen is NMNZ S.46949, an otolith, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is SH82 & south end of Shearers Hill Road., which is in an Otaian marine siltstone in the Mount Harris Formation of New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Sprattus arewhana Schwarzhans p. 100

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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)
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otomorpha
—Clupei
orderClupeiformesBleeker 1859
familyClupeoidei(Bleeker 1859)
familyClupeidaeCuvier 1817
subfamilyClupeinaeCuvier 1817
genusSprattusGirgensohn 1846
speciesarewhana

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.

†Sprattus arewhana Schwarzhans 2019
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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 21:03:52
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:03:52
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Otaian or 21.70000 to 19.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (South Island) Sprattus arewhana (type locality: 219591)