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Scutatoclupea bacchiai

Osteichthyes - Ellimmichthyiformes - Paraclupeidae

Taxonomy
Scutatoclupea bacchiai was named by Bannikov (2015). Its type specimen is PIN 5089/4, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is En Nammoura (PIN collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Sannine Formation of Lebanon. It is the type species of Scutatoclupea.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Scutatoclupea bacchiai Bannikov p. 212 figs. 1-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
superorderClupeomorpha
orderEllimmichthyiformes
familyParaclupeidaeChang and Chou 1977
subfamilyParaclupeinaeChang and Chou 1977
genusScutatoclupea
speciesbacchiai

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.

Scutatoclupea bacchiai Bannikov 2015
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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 21:17:18
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:17:18
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Middle Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lebanon Scutatoclupea bacchiai (type locality: 221634)