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Berycopsis pulcher

Osteichthyes - Polymixiidae

Taxonomy
Berycopsis pulcher was named by Bannikov and Bacchia (2005). Its type specimen is PIN 5089-3, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Hadjoula (PIN collection), which is in a Cenomanian carbonate limestone in Lebanon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Berycopsis pulcher Bannikov and Bacchia p. 518 figs. 5-7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—PolymixiipterygiiBetancur-R et al. 2017
familyPolymixiidaeGill 1862
genusBerycopsisAgassiz 1850
speciespulcher

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.

†Berycopsis pulcher Bannikov and Bacchia 2005
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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: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lebanon Berycopsis pulcher (69119 type locality: 221172)