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Waitahana

Osteichthyes - Leptoscopidae

Taxonomy
Waitahana was named by Schwarzhans (2019).

It was assigned to Leptoscopidae by Schwarzhans (2019).

Species
W. lastisulcatus, W. sagittiformis
Species lacking formal opinion data
W. latisulcata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Waitahana Schwarzhans p. 222

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—OvalentariaSmith and Near 2012
—Trachiniformes
familyLeptoscopidae
genusWaitahana

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.

G. †Waitahana Schwarzhans 2019
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†Waitahana sagittiformis Schwarzhans 1980
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Otaian to the top of the Waiauan or 21.70000 to 11.04000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand (South Island) W. sagittiformis (219591)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (North Island) W. sagittiformis (219557)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) W. latisulcata, W. sagittiformis (219318 219593) W. sagittiformis (219341 219592 219598 219599 219605 219606 219607 219744)
Lillburnian - Waiauan15.1 - 11.04New Zealand (South Island) W. latisulcata (219610)