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Pharmacichthys venenifer

Actinopteri - Beryciformes - Pharmacichthyidae

Taxonomy
Pharmacichthys venenifer was named by Woodward (1942). Its type specimen is AUB 104691(104699), a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hakel (AUB collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal carbonate in Lebanon. It is the type species of Pharmacichthys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Pharmacichthys venenifer Woodward p. 542 figs. Pl 5, fig 2; text-fig 1
1964Pharmacichthys venenifer Patterson p. 398 fig. 85

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Acanthomorpha(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Berycimorphaceae
orderBeryciformes
suborderDinopterygoidei
familyPharmacichthyidae
genusPharmacichthys
speciesvenenifer

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.

†Pharmacichthys venenifer Woodward 1942
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lebanon Pharmacichthys venenifer (type locality: 221080)