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Saurorhamphus giorgiae

Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Eurypholidae

Taxonomy
Saurorhamphus giorgiae was named by Bannikov and Bacchia (2005). Its type specimen is MCSNM V765, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is En Nammoura (MCSNM collection), which is in a Cenomanian carbonate limestone in the Sannine Formation of Lebanon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Saurorhamphus giorgiae Bannikov and Bacchia p. 516 fig. 3,4

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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
suborderEnchodontoideiBerg 1937
familyEurypholidae
genusSaurorhamphusHeckel 1850
speciesgiorgiae

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.

†Saurorhamphus giorgiae Bannikov and Bacchia 2005
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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: Middle Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Lebanon Saurorhamphus giorgiae (type locality: 221150)