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Sciaenidarum mexicanus

Osteichthyes - Sciaenidae

Taxonomy
Sciaenidarum mexicanus was named by Leriche (1938). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Colombia, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in Mexico.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. copelandi, S. eporrecta, S. intermedia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Sciaenidarum mexicanus Leriche p. 36

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—Percomorpharia
familySciaenidae(Cuvier 1828)
genusSciaenidarum(Koken 1884)
speciesmexicanus

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.

†Sciaenidarum mexicanus Leriche 1938
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Miocene or 23.04000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Mexico (Tabasco) Sciaenidarum mexicanus (type locality: 221510)