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Cyprinus squamosseus

Osteichthyes - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae

Taxonomy
Cyprinus squamosseus was named by de Blainville (1818). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Montmartre, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial horizon in France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. carpio, C. maomingensis
Entered
by D. Sinopoli (authorized by M. Uhen) on 2026-05-06; modified by D. Sinopoli on 2026-05-06

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Cyprinus squamosseus de Blainville p. 376

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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
—Otomorpha
superorderOstariophysiJordan and Evermann 1896
—Otophysa
orderCypriniformesBleeker 1859
suborderCyprinoidei
familyCyprinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusCyprinus
speciessquamosseus

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.

†Cyprinus squamosseus de Blainville 1818
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:40:14
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:32:02
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Ile-de-France Region) Cyprinus squamosseus (type locality: 31739)