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Dentex nobilis

Osteichthyes - Perciformes - Sparidae

Taxonomy
Dentex nobilis was named by Koken (1891).

Subspecies
D. miocenia
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. dentex, D. fossilis, D. macroccanus, D. macrophthalmus, D. maroccanus, D. munsteri, D. ovatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Dentex nobilis Koken p. 445
1950Dentex nobilis Weiler p. 225
1969Dentex nobilis Heinrich p. 35

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—EupercariaBetancur et al. 2013
orderPerciformesBleeker 1859
familySparidaeBonaparte 1832
genusDentexCuvier 1815
speciesnobilisKoken 1891

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.

†Dentex nobilis Koken 1891
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†Dentex nobilis miocenia Weiler 1950
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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 21:38:14
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:38:14
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 41.03000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Otolithus nobilis (42636 42639)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Germany Dentex nobilis (223566)