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Antarctichthys longipectoralis
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
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2025 | Antarctichthys longipectoralis Gallo et al. p. 2 fig. 1 |
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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.
†Antarctichthys longipectoralis Gallo et al. 2025
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| 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 |
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| Late/Upper Campanian | Antarctica | Antarctichthys longipectoralis (type locality: 241971) |