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Waitakia beelzebub

Osteichthyes - Jugulares - Hemerocoetidae

Taxonomy
Waitakia beelzebub was named by Lin and Nolf (2022). Its type specimen is IRSNB P 10117, an otolith (sagitta), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Piney Point Formation, Virginia, which is in a Lutetian offshore horizon in the Piney Point Formation of Virginia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by C. Lin on 2024-11-19

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Waitakia beelzebub Lin and Nolf p. 71 fig. 23

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
orderJugulares
Percophidiformes
familyHemerocoetidae
genusWaitakia
speciesbeelzebub

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.

Waitakia beelzebub Lin and Nolf 2022
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Lutetian or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Virginia) Waitakia beelzebub (type locality: 237135 237136)