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Lepidoclupea renga
Taxonomy
Lepidoclupea renga was named by Calzoni et al. (2026) [urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:C9D6C9AA-A7FF-447C-8BDF-D343B62EAE0D]. Its type specimen is IGVR 64083–67873, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Lepidoclupea.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2026 | Lepidoclupea renga Calzoni et al. p. 13 figs. Figs 7-9 |
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†Lepidoclupea renga Calzoni et al. 2026
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| P. Calzoni et al. 2026 | Small-sized Dussumieriidae characterized by the following combination of features: slender and tapered body; head length approximately one fourth of SL (26.3% of SL); mouth terminal with numerous, minute and sharp teeth on both jaws; presence of teeth on the endopterygoid; pre- and postpelvic abdominal scutes absent; 39–40 (17 + 22–23) vertebrae; caudal skeleton with six hypurals, three epurals; and remarkable hypurostegy; deeply forked caudal fin with
19 principal caudal-fin rays; dorsal fin small, inserting at about mid-length of the body, containing 12 rays; anal fin small, inserting in the last fourth of the body, containing 13–16 rays; 10–12 pectoral-fin rays; pelvic-fin origin below the midlength of the dorsal-fin base; seven pelvic-fin rays. |
Measurements
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||