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Omosoma sahelalmae

Actinopteri - Beryciformes

Taxonomy
Omosoma sachelalmae 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 corrected as Omosoma sahelalmae by Davis (1887), Patterson (1964).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Omosoma sachelalmae Costa p. 106 figs. Pl 1, fig 1
1866Omosoma sachelalmae Pictet and Humbert p. 45
1887Omosoma sahelalmae Davis p. 543 figs. Pl 25, fig 5
1964Omosoma sahelalmae Patterson p. 372 fig. 76

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

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.

†Omosoma sahelalmae 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: 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: Late/Upper Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Lebanon Omosoma sachelalmae (221191) Omosoma sahelalmae (170327)