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Vinciguerria shinjiensis
Taxonomy
Vinciguerria shinjiensis was named by Yabumoto et al. (2024). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sakura, which is in a Miocene marine shale in the Kuri Formation of Japan.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2024 | Vinciguerria shinjiensis Yabumoto et al. p. 402 |
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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.
†Vinciguerria shinjiensis Yabumoto et al. 2024
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| Y. Yabumoto et al. 2024 | The new species is distinguished from other species of the genus Vinciguerria in having the more posterior position of the anal fin; 25 abdominal ver- tebrae; 15 photophores of the ventral series between bases of pectoral and pelvic fins (PV); eight photophores of the ventral series between pelvic-fin base and anal-fin origin (VAV); 13 photophores of the lateral series between bases of pectoral and pelvic fins (OV); and nine photophores of the lateral photophore series between pelvic fin and anal fin (VAL). |
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Middle Miocene or 15.97000 to 11.60800 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Miocene | Japan (Shimane) | Vinciguerria shinjiensis (type locality: 52004) |