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Caproberyx superbus

Actinopteri - Beryciformes

Taxonomy
Beryx superbus was named by Dixon (1850). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Southeram (Dixon collection), which is in a Turonian carbonate chalk in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Caproberyx.

It was recombined as Hoplopteryx superbus by Woodward (1902); it was recombined as Caproberyx superbus by Patterson (1964).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Beryx superbus Dixon p. 372
1902Berycopsis major Woodward p. 11 figs. Plate II, Fig. 2
1902Hoplopteryx superbus Woodward p. 20
1964Caproberyx superbus Patterson p. 342 figs. Pl 3, fig 110; text-figs 66-74

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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
suborderHolocentroideiJohnson and Patterson 1993
genusCaproberyxRegan 1911
speciessuperbus()

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.

†Caproberyx superbus Dixon 1850
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Invalid names: Berycopsis major Woodward 1902 [synonym]
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: base of the Middle Turonian to the top of the Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian - Coniacian100.5 - 86.3United Kingdom (England) Hoplopteryx superbus (222435)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) Beryx superbus (222434)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3United Kingdom (England) Hoplopteryx superbus (222436)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3United Kingdom (England) Berycopsis major (221376)