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Pycnosterinx niger

Osteichthyes - Polymixiidae

Taxonomy
Beryx niger was named by Costa (1857). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sach el Aalma (Costa collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon.

It was recombined as Pycnosterinx niger by Pictet and Humbert (1866), Davis (1887).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Beryx niger Costa p. 100 figs. Pl 2, fig 1
1866Pycnosterinx niger Pictet and Humbert p. 43
1887Pycnosterinx niger Davis p. 534

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—PolymixiipterygiiBetancur-R et al. 2017
familyPolymixiidaeGill 1862
genusPycnosterinx
speciesniger()

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.

†Pycnosterinx niger Costa 1857
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Late/Upper Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Lebanon Beryx niger (221191)