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Maurolicus brevirostris

Osteichthyes - Stomiiformes - Sternoptychidae

Taxonomy
Maurolicus brevirostris was named by Schwarzhans and Nielsen (2021). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is SGO.PV.1617, an otolith, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is North of Rio Rapel, which is in a Miocene deep-water sandstone in the Navidad Formation of Chile.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Maurolicus brevirostris Schwarzhans and Nielsen p. 15 figs. Fig. 6e

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
Stomiati
orderStomiiformes
suborderGonostomatoidei
familySternoptychidaeGill 1863
genusMaurolicusCocco 1838
speciesbrevirostris

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.

Maurolicus brevirostris Schwarzhans and Nielsen 2021
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. W. Schwarzhans and S. N. Nielsen 2021High bodied, compressed otoliths; OL:OH = 1.0– 1.1. Ostium and rostrum short. Rostrum 22–27% of OL. Cauda with sag of ventral margin just behind collum.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: oceanic, marinef
Locomotion: fast-movingf
Life habit: nektonicf
Depth habitat: deepf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2014-07-26 22:58:49
Modified: 2014-07-26 23:00:07
Source: f = family, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Girone et al. 2006

Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Chile Maurolicus brevirostris (type locality: 46980)