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Benthesikyme serpentina

Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Dercetidae

Taxonomy
Leptotrachelus serpentinus was named by Hay (1903). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Hadjoula (Day collection, AMNH), which is in a Cenomanian carbonate limestone in Lebanon.

It was recombined as Benthesikyme serpentina by Alvarado-Ortega and Díaz-Cruz (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Leptotrachelus serpentinus Hay p. 419 figs. Pl 32, fig 1
2021Benthesikyme serpentina Alvarado-Ortega and Díaz-Cruz p. 2

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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)
—Aulopa
orderAulopiformesRosen 1973
suborderIchthyotringoideiGoody 1969
familyDercetidaeCope
genusBenthesikymeWhite and Moy-Thomas 1940
speciesserpentina()

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.

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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 20:54:50
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:54:50
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Lebanon Leptotrachelus serpentinus (type locality: 221229 221230)