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Raususetarches sakurai

Osteichthyes - Perciformes - Scorpaenidae

Taxonomy
Raususetarches sakurai was named by Yabumoto and Nazarkin (2021). Its type specimen is RMM 1, a partial skeleton (middle part of skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ponshunkarikotangawa River, which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in the Koshikawa Formation of Japan. It is the type species of Raususetarches.

Entered
by P. Holroyd on 2021-04-19

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Raususetarches sakurai Yabumoto and Nazarkin p. 94 figs. 2-7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—EupercariaBetancur et al. 2013
orderPerciformesBleeker 1859
suborderScorpaenoideiGarman 1899
familyScorpaenidaeRisso 1827
subfamilySetarchinaeMatsubara 1943
genusRaususetarches
speciessakurai

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.

†Raususetarches sakurai Yabumoto and Nazarkin 2021
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
Y. Yabumoto and M. V. Nazarkin 2021distinguished from other species of the Setarchinae by the following combination of characters: large triangular spines of
preopercle; 14 spines and 13 soft rays of the dorsal fin; three spines and eight soft rays of the anal fin; 19 rays of
the pectoral fin; 10 abdominal and 15 caudal vertebrae; hypurals 1 and 2 fused and forming a large ventral plate;
hypurals 3 and 4 fused and forming a large dorsal plate; posterior margin of the caudal fin truncate with slightly
concave at the middle and round most dorsal and ventral tips.
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.63000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Japan Raususetarches sakurai (type locality: 219709)