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Tydeus megistosoma

Scopelidae

Taxonomy
Tydeus megistosoma was named by Sauvage (1870). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Licata, which is in a Messinian marine horizon in Italy.

It was recombined as Anapterus megistosoma by Sauvage (1873) and Woodward (1901).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Tydeus megistosoma Sauvage p. 25
1873Anapterus megistosoma Sauvage p. 200
1901Anapterus megistosoma Woodward p. 257

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
—Actinopterygii()
familyScopelidae
genusTydeus
speciesmegistosoma

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.

†Tydeus megistosoma Sauvage 1870
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Messinian or 7.24600 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Tydeus megistosoma (type locality: 185692)