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Pycnosterinx niger

Actinopteri - Polymixiiformes - 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) and 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
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
orderPolymixiiformes
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 mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:44:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:44:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Santonian or 85.80000 to 83.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Lebanon Beryx niger (221191)