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Neomesturus asflaensis

Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Taxonomy
Neomesturus asflaensis was named by Cooper and Martill (2020). It is not extant. Its type specimen is NHMUK AK-PYC 3, a set of teeth (isolated vomer). Its type locality is Goulmima (BMNH collection), which is in a Turonian offshore shelf lime mudstone in the Akrabou Formation of Morocco. It is the type species of Neomesturus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Neomesturus asflaensis Cooper and Martill p. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
orderPycnodontiformesBerg 1937
suborderPycnodontoidei
familyPycnodontidae()
subfamilyNursalliinae(Blot 1987)
genusNeomesturus
speciesasflaensis

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.

†Neomesturus asflaensis Cooper and Martill 2020
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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: durophageo
Diet 2: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:40:08
Modified: 2013-12-06 12:04:31
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Morocco Neomesturus asflaensis (type locality: 150881)