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Micropogon distinctus

Osteichthyes - Sciaenidae

Taxonomy
Micropogon distinctus was named by Frost (1925). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sawang, which is in a Neogene marine horizon in Indonesia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. undulatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Micropogon distinctus Frost p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—Percomorpharia
familySciaenidae(Cuvier 1828)
genusMicropogon
speciesdistinctus

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.

†Micropogon distinctus Frost 1925
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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Neogene or 23.04000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Neogene23.04 - 2.58Indonesia Micropogon distinctus (type locality: 223638)