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Archaeotetraodon bannikovi

Tetraodontiformes - Tetraodontidae

Taxonomy
Archaeotetraodon bannikovi was named by Carnevale and Tyler (2010). Its type specimen is P MRSN 35/125, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pecetto di Valenza, which is in a Messinian marine horizon in Italy.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Archaeotetraodon bannikovi Carnevale and Tyler p. 286 figs. Fig. 1 A–4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderTetraodontiformesBerg 1940
suborderTetraodontoidei
familyTetraodontidae
genusArchaeotetraodon
speciesbannikovi

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.

Archaeotetraodon bannikovi Carnevale and Tyler 2010
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Carnevale and J. C. Tyler 2010An Archaeotetraodon species defined by the following combination of characters: frontal width broad over orbit; 20 vertebrae, of which nine are abdominal; ventral postcleithrum broadly expanded; rayless pterygiophore short, 4.9% SL; height/length ratio of the posteriormost abdominal centrum 0.61; bifid spinules of scales slender and elongate.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:45:45
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:45:45
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Messinian or 7.24600 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Archaeotetraodon bannikovi (type locality: 186575)