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Ausonasynodus almerai

Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Synodontidae

Taxonomy
Ausonasynodus almerai was named by Carnevale et al. (2019). Its type specimen is MGSB 81950, a partial skeleton (nearly complete articulated skeleton with S‐shaped vertebral column), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Múnter, which is in a Bartonian offshore shelf marl/sandstone in the Vic-Manlleu Marls Formation of Spain. It is the type species of Ausonasynodus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Ausonasynodus almerai Carnevale et al. p. 1644 figs. Figures 6 and 7; Table 1.

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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
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Aulopa
orderAulopiformesRosen 1973
suborderAulopoidei
familySynodontidae
genusAusonasynodus
speciesalmerai

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.

†Ausonasynodus almerai Carnevale et al. 2019
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Carnevale et al. 2019Synodontid fish with numerous closely spaced, slender and moderately elongate conical teeth in the premaxilla, dentary and palatine; supramaxillae absent; endopterygoid and ectopterygoid toothless; 42 vertebrae; five hypurals; two epurals; caudal fin with eight upper and seven lower procurrent rays; pelvic fin containing seven rays; osseous posterior processes of the basipterygia absent; fulcral scales absent.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:54:50
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:54:50
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Priabonian or 41.03000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Spain (Barcelona) Ausonasynodus almerai (type locality: 167787)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Spain Ausonasynodus almerai (219834 219835)