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Cottidarum impolitus

Actinopteri - Perciformes - Cottidae

Taxonomy
Cottidarum impolitus was named by Schwarzhans (1980). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is S137/f499 - Rifle Butts Fm, Pukeuri, which is in an Altonian coastal sandstone in the Rifle Butts Formation of New Zealand. It is the type species of Maoricottus.

It was recombined as Maoricottus impolitus by Schwarzhans (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. suspectus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Cottidarum impolitus Schwarzhans p. 157
2019Maoricottus impolitus Schwarzhans p. 186

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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
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
RankNameAuthor
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Percomorpharia
orderPerciformesBleeker 1859
suborderCottioidei
infraorderCottales
familyCottidae
genusCottidarumBonaparte 1832
speciesimpolitus

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.

†Cottidarum impolitus Schwarzhans 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:38:14
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:38:14
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Altonian to the top of the Waiauan or 19.00000 to 11.04000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) Maoricottus impolitus (219341 219598)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand Cottidarum impolitus (type locality: 67900)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (North Shore) Maoricottus impolitus (219526)
Lillburnian - Waiauan15.1 - 11.04New Zealand (South Island) Maoricottus impolitus (219610)