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Diaphus excisus
Taxonomy
Scopelus excisus was named by Frost (1934). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loc 1372, which is in a Chattian marine horizon in New Zealand.
It was recombined as Diaphus (Lamprossa) excisus by Schwarzhans (1980); it was recombined as Diaphus excisus by Schwarzhans (2019).
It was recombined as Diaphus (Lamprossa) excisus by Schwarzhans (1980); it was recombined as Diaphus excisus by Schwarzhans (2019).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1934 | Scopelus excisus Frost p. 134 figs. Fig. 7 |
| 1980 | Diaphus (Lamprossa) excisus Schwarzhans p. 74 |
| 2019 | Diaphus excisus Schwarzhans p. 131 |
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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.
†Diaphus excisus Frost 1934
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Chattian | New Zealand (North Island) | Scopelus excisus (type locality: 204337) | |
| Otaian | New Zealand (South Island) | Diaphus excisus (219590 219591) | |
| Clifdenian | New Zealand (North Island) | Diaphus excisus (219536) | |
| Tongaporutuan | New Zealand (North Island) | Diaphus excisus (219269 219553) | |
| Kapitean | New Zealand | Scopelus excisus (162461) |