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Laeops undulatus

Osteichthyes - Pleuronectiformes - Bothidae

Taxonomy
Laeops undulatus was named by Schwarzhans (2019). Its type specimen is CM 2003.123.152, an otolith, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Glenafric, which is in a Lillburnian/Waiauan marine horizon in New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Laeops undulatus Schwarzhans p. 234

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—Carangaria
orderPleuronectiformes
suborderPleuronectoidei
familyBothidae
genusLaeopsGünther 1880
speciesundulatus

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.

†Laeops undulatus 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
Created: 2009-07-20 21:39:27
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:39:27
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lillburnian to the top of the Waiauan or 15.10000 to 11.04000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lillburnian - Waiauan15.1 - 11.04New Zealand (South Island) Laeops undulatus (type locality: 219610)