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Bembrops aequiformis

Actinopteri - Perciformes - Bembropidae

Taxonomy
Bembrops aequiformis was named by Schwarzhans (2019). Its type specimen is NMNZ S.47574, 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
2019Bembrops aequiformis Schwarzhans p. 215

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
EuteleosteiRosen 1973
superorderAcanthopterygii
Percomorpha
OvalentariaSmith and Near 2012
orderPerciformesBleeker 1859
familyBembropidae(Regan 1913)
genusBembropsSteindachner 1877
speciesaequiformis

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.

Bembrops aequiformis 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 21:38:14
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:38:14
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Duntroonian to the top of the Waitakian or 27.30000 to 21.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand (South Island) Bembrops aequiformis (219570 219612)
Waitakian25.2 - 21.7New Zealand (South Island) Bembrops aequiformis (type locality: 219579)