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Eclipes veternus

Actinopteri - Perciformes - Brotulidae

Taxonomy
Eclipes veternus was named by Jordan and Gilbert (1919). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is El Modena, which is in a Miocene marine shale in the Monterey Formation of California.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Eclipes veternus Jordan and Gilbert p. 19
1919Merriamina ectenes Jordan and Gilbert p. 56 figs. Plate XXVI, Figs. 1, 3
1920Eclipes veternus Jordan and Gilbert p. 41
1943Eclipes veternus David p. 20
1956Eclipes veternus David p. 600 figs. Table 2
2012Eclipes veternus Fierstine et al. p. 71

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
RankNameAuthor
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Percomorpharia
orderPerciformesBleeker 1859
familyBrotulidae
genusEclipesJordan and Gilbert 1919
speciesveternusJordan and Gilbert 1919

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.

†Eclipes veternus Jordan and Gilbert 1919
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Invalid names: Merriamina ectenes Jordan and Gilbert 1919 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available