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Trachyrincus tewaewae

Osteichthyes - Gadiformes - Macrouridae

Taxonomy
Trachyrincus tewaewae was named by Schwarzhans et al. (2017). Its type specimen is NMNZ S.46913, an otolith, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Te Waewae Bay, which is in a Duntroonian marine siltstone in New Zealand.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. scabrus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Trachyrincus tewaewae Schwarzhans et al. p. 444
2019Trachyrincus tewaewae Schwarzhans p. 166

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Paracanthopterygii()
orderGadiformesGoodrich 1909
familyMacrouridaeJordan and Evermann 1898
genusTrachyrincusGiorna 1809
speciestewaewae

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.

†Trachyrincus tewaewae Schwarzhans et al. 2017
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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 21:19:31
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:19:31
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Duntroonian or 27.30000 to 25.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand (South Island) Trachyrincus tewaewae (type locality: 219618)