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Quaesitoberyx minutus

Actinopteri - Beryciformes - Quaesitoberycidae

Taxonomy
Quaesitoberyx minutus was named by Bannikov and Sorbini (2005). Its type specimen is MSNTC I13799, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hadjoula (MSNTC collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Sannine Limestone Formation of Lebanon. It is the type species of Quaesitoberyx.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Quaesitoberyx minutus Bannikov and Sorbini pp. 29-30 fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Berycimorphaceae
orderBeryciformes
familyQuaesitoberycidae
genusQuaesitoberyx
speciesminutus

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.

†Quaesitoberyx minutus Bannikov and Sorbini 2005
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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 20:59:28
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:59:28
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Lebanon Quaesitoberyx minutus (69119 type locality: 220882 221061)