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Antarctichthys longipectoralis

Osteichthyes - Aulopiformes - Dercetidae

Taxonomy
Antarctichthys longipectoralis was named by Gallo et al. (2025). Its type specimen is MN 7838-V, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Near Shark Stream, Santa Marta Cove, James Ross Island, which is in a Campanian coastal sandstone in the Snow Hill Island Formation of Antarctica. It is the type species of Antarctichthys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Antarctichthys longipectoralis Gallo et al. p. 2 fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Cyclosquamata
orderAulopiformesRosen 1973
suborderIchthyotringoideiGoody 1969
familyDercetidaeCope
genusAntarctichthys
specieslongipectoralis

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.

Antarctichthys longipectoralis Gallo et al. 2025
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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 20:54:50
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:54:50
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Antarctica Antarctichthys longipectoralis (type locality: 241971)