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Protobrama avus

Actinopteri - Tselfatiiformes - Protobramidae

Taxonomy
Protobrama avus was named by Woodward (1942). Its type specimen is AUB 108390-91, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Hadjoula (AUB collection), which is in a Cenomanian carbonate limestone in Lebanon. It is the type species of Protobrama.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Protobrama avus Woodward p. 550 figs. Pl 6, fig 1; text-fig 3
1964Protobrama avus Patterson p. 426 fig. 92
1967Protobrama avus Patterson p. 216 figs. 1-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
orderTselfatiiformesNelson 1994
familyProtobramidaeLe Danois and Le Danois 1964
genusProtobrama
speciesavus

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.

†Protobrama avus 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 21:48:32
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:48:32
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

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

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Lebanon Protobrama avus (type locality: 221233 221659)