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Coelorinchus nordenskjoeldi

Osteichthyes - Gadiformes - Macrouridae

Taxonomy
Coelorinchus nordenskjoeldi was named by Schwarzhans et al. (2017). Its type specimen is NRM-PZ P.15978, an otolith, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is IAA 1/90, Ungulate site, which is in a Bartonian estuary/bay horizon in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2017-07-21

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Coelorinchus nordenskjoeldi Schwarzhans et al. p. 157 figs. Figs 4N R, 6J L

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Paracanthopterygii()
orderGadiformesGoodrich 1909
familyMacrouridaeJordan and Evermann 1898
genusCoelorinchusGiorna 1809
speciesnordenskjoeldi

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Coelorinchus nordenskjoeldi Schwarzhans et al. 2017
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. Schwarzhans et al. 2017OL:OH D 1.9 2.0. Dorsal rim with broad predorsal angle. Ventral rim rather shallow, deepest anteriorly, sometimes flattened at deepest point. CCL:OCL D 1.3; CaL:OsL D 1.3 1.45. Collum narrow, ventrally indented, without pseudocolliculum.