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Symbolophorus tongaporutuensis

Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Taxonomy
Symbolophorus tongaporutuensis was named by Schwarzhans (2019). Its type specimen is CD787, S27/f0402, an otolith, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mangapari Stream and Bells Creek, which is in a Tongaporutuan marine mudstone in the Bells Creek Mudstone Formation of New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Symbolophorus tongaporutuensis Schwarzhans p. 121

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Myctophata
orderMyctophiformesRegan 1911
familyMyctophidaeGill 1893
subfamilyMyctophinaeFowler 1925
genusSymbolophorusBolin and Wisner 1959
speciestongaporutuensis

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.

Symbolophorus tongaporutuensis 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 21:28:48
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:28:48
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Tongaporutuan or 11.60800 to 6.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tongaporutuan11.608 - 6.5New Zealand (North Island) Symbolophorus tongaporutuensis (type locality: 219553 219554)