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Peltorhamphus fordycei

Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Bothidae

Taxonomy
Achirus fordycei was named by Schwarzhans (1980). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Waipara River Horseshoe, downstream, which is in a Lillburnian/Waiauan marine horizon in the Double Corner Shellbed Formation of New Zealand.

It was recombined as Peltorhamphus fordycei by Schwarzhans (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Achirus fordycei Schwarzhans p. 216
2019Peltorhamphus fordycei Schwarzhans p. 236

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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
—Carangimorpharia
—Carangimorphariae
orderPleuronectiformes
suborderPleuronectoidei
familyBothidae
genusPeltorhamphusGünther 1862
speciesfordycei()

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.

†Peltorhamphus fordycei 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: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:39:27
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:39:27
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Duntroonian to the top of the Waiauan or 27.30000 to 11.04000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand (South Island) Peltorhamphus fordycei (219611)
Lillburnian - Waiauan15.1 - 11.04New Zealand (South Island) Achirus fordycei (type locality: 219272)
Waiauan13.05 - 11.04New Zealand (North Island) Peltorhamphus fordycei (219549)