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Paracalamus doumergui

Osteichthyes - Perciformes - Sparidae

Taxonomy
Paracalamus doumergui was named by Arambourg (1927). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Les Planteurs, which is in a Messinian marine horizon in Algeria. It is the type species of Paracalamus.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. doumerguei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Paracalamus doumergui Arambourg p. 130

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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
genusParacalamus
speciesdoumergui

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.

†Paracalamus doumergui Arambourg 1927
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Messinian or 7.24600 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria (Oran) Paracalamus doumergui (59256)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Paracalamus doumergui (186582 186583 type locality: 186631)