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Tongarewa waihaonesis

Actinopteri - Blenniiformes - Tripterygiidae

Taxonomy
Tongarewa waihaonesis was named by Schwarzhans (2019). Its type specimen is NMNZ S.47595, an otolith, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is SH82 & south end of Shearers Hill Road., which is in an Otaian marine siltstone in the Mount Harris Formation of New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Tongarewa waihaonesis Schwarzhans p. 226

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
RankNameAuthor
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Carangimorpharia
—Ovalentariae
superorderBlenniimorphae
orderBlenniiformes
suborderBlennioidei()
familyTripterygiidae
genusTongarewa
specieswaihaonesis

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.

†Tongarewa waihaonesis 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: base of the Otaian to the top of the Altonian or 21.70000 to 15.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand (South Island) Tongarewa waihaonesis (219588 type locality: 219591)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) Tongarewa waihaonesis (219594 219599)