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Saccogaster parengarenga

Osteichthyes - Ophidiiformes - Bythitidae

Taxonomy
Saccogaster parengarenga was named by Schwarzhans (2019). Its type specimen is NMNZ S.47475, an otolith, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Parengarenga Harbour north shore, which is in an Altonian marine sandstone in New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Saccogaster parengarenga Schwarzhans p. 178

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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
subfamilyBythitinaeGill 1861
genusSaccogasterAlcock 1889
speciesparengarenga

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.

Saccogaster parengarenga 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: 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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Otaian to the top of the Clifdenian or 21.70000 to 15.10000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand (North Island) Saccogaster parengarenga (219517)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (North Shore) Saccogaster parengarenga (219523 type locality: 219524 219525)
Clifdenian15.9 - 15.1New Zealand (South Island) Saccogaster parengarenga (219274)