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Archaeotetraodon zafaranai

Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Tetraodontidae

Taxonomy
Archaeotetraodon zafaranai was named by Carnevale and Tyler (2010). Its type specimen is MSNTC I-15761, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Monte Gibliscemi, Mazzarino, which is in a Tortonian/Messinian marine horizon in the Terravecchia Formation of Italy.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Archaeotetraodon zafaranai Carnevale and Tyler p. 291 figs. Figs. 1 and 7–11Fig. 1(F) and 7-11

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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
RankNameAuthor
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Percomorpharia
orderTetraodontiformesBerg 1940
suborderTetraodontoidei
familyTetraodontidae
genusArchaeotetraodon
specieszafaranai

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 zafaranai Carnevale and Tyler 2010
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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: 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 (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Italy Archaeotetraodon zafaranai (type locality: 117525)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Archaeotetraodon zafaranai (219787)