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Aotearichthys vestalis

Osteichthyes - Ophidiiformes - Bythitidae

Taxonomy
Aotearichthys vestalis was named by Schwarzhans et al. (2017). Its type specimen is OU22810, an otolith, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bailey Bend, which is in a Waitakian marine mudstone in New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Aotearichthys vestalis Schwarzhans et al. p. 448
2019Aotearichthys vestalis Schwarzhans p. 177
2024Aotearichthys vestalis Robinson et al. p. 572

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
Teleosteomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Percomorphaceae
Ophidiaria
orderOphidiiformesBerg 1937
suborderBythitoidei
familyBythitidaeGill 1861
subfamilyDinematichthyinaeWhitley 1928
genusAotearichthys
speciesvestalis

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.

Aotearichthys vestalis 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: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: parasiteo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:30:52
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:30:52
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Waitakian or 25.20000 to 21.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Waitakian25.2 - 21.7New Zealand (South Island) Aotearichthys vestalis (type locality: 219620)