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Scopelarchoides neamticus

Osteichthyes - Aulopiformes - Scopelarchidae

Taxonomy
Scopelarchoides neamticus was named by Gradinau et al. (2019). Its type specimen is MSNPN Pc 899a+b, a partial skeleton (partially complete articulated skeleton, in part and counterpart), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pietricica (Piatra Neamt), which is in a Rupelian marine shale in Romania.

Entered
by M. Uhen on 2021-04-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Scopelarchoides neamticus Gradinau et al. p. 78 figs. Figs. 2–7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Cyclosquamata
orderAulopiformesRosen 1973
familyScopelarchidae
genusScopelarchoidesParr 1929
speciesneamticus

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.

†Scopelarchoides neamticus Gradinau et al. 2019
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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 20:54:50
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:54:50
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Rupelian or 33.90000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Romania Scopelarchoides neamticus (type locality: 187379)