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Awamoa kaawa

Actinopteri - Leptoscopidae

Taxonomy
Awamoa kaawa was named by Schwarzhans (2019). Its type specimen is AU V628, an otolith, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kaawa Creek, which is in an Opoitian marine sandstone in New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Awamoa kaawa Schwarzhans p. 259

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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
—Trachiniformes
familyLeptoscopidae
genusAwamoa
specieskaawa

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.

†Awamoa kaawa Schwarzhans 2019
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:52:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: Opoitian or 5.33300 to 3.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Opoitian5.333 - 3.7New Zealand (South Island) Awamoa kaawa (type locality: 219624)