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Valenciennellus brzobohatyi

Osteichthyes - Stomiiformes - Sternoptychidae

Taxonomy
Valenciennellus brzobohatyi was named by Steurbaut (1982). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Peyrère (=Peyrehorade) marls, which is in a Chattian estuary/bay marl in the Marnes de Saint-Etienne-d’Orthe Formation of France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Valenciennellus brzobohatyi Steurbaut p. 39

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
Stomiati
orderStomiiformes
suborderGonostomatoidei
familySternoptychidaeGill 1863
genusValenciennellusJordan and Evermann 1895
speciesbrzobohatyi

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.

Valenciennellus brzobohatyi Steurbaut 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: oceanic, marinef
Locomotion: fast-movingf
Life habit: nektonicf
Depth habitat: deepf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2014-07-26 22:58:49
Modified: 2014-07-26 23:00:07
Source: f = family, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Girone et al. 2006

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Chattian or 48.07000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France Valenciennellus brzobohatyi (188958 188962)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France Valenciennellus brzobohatyi (type locality: 152695 219194)