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Emmelichthys tennysoni

Actinopteri - Emmelichthyidae

Taxonomy
Emmelichthys tennysoni was named by Schwarzhans (2019). Its type specimen is NMNZ S.47529, an otolith, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Haugh's Quarry, which is in a Waitakian marine lime mudstone in the Otekaike Limestone Formation of New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Emmelichthys tennysoni Schwarzhans p. 199

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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
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Percomorpharia
familyEmmelichthyidae
genusEmmelichthysRichardson 1845
speciestennysoni

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.

†Emmelichthys tennysoni 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: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:44:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:44:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

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) Emmelichthys tennysoni (type locality: 219579)