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Nezumia sagittiformis

Osteichthyes - Gadiformes - Macrouridae

Taxonomy
Macrurus sagittiformis was named by Frost (1934). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Island Creek, which is in a Chattian marine mudstone in the Ihungia Formation of New Zealand.

It was recombined as Ventrifossa sagittiformis by Schwarzhans (1980); it was recombined as Nezumia sagittiformis by Schwarzhans (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. contorta, N. lindsayi, N. morgansi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Macrurus sagittiformis Frost p. 138 figs. Fig. 33
1980Ventrifossa sagittiformis Schwarzhans p. 115
2019Nezumia sagittiformis Schwarzhans p. 164

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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
genusNezumiaJordan and Starks 1904
speciessagittiformis()

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.

†Nezumia sagittiformis Frost 1934
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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: base of the Chattian to the top of the Lillburnian or 27.30000 to 13.05000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04New Zealand (North Island) Macrurus sagittiformis (type locality: 204336)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98New Zealand (North Island) Macrurus sagittiformis (204341)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand (North Island) Nezumia sagittiformis (219517)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand (South Island) Nezumia sagittiformis (219590)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) Nezumia sagittiformis (219609) Ventrifossa sagittiformis (219271 219341)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand Ventrifossa sagittiformis (67900)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (North Shore) Nezumia sagittiformis (219524 219526)
Altonian - Clifdenian18.7 - 15.1New Zealand (North Island) Nezumia sagittiformis (219537)
Lillburnian15.1 - 13.05New Zealand (North Island) Nezumia sagittiformis (219547)