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Protosphyraena nitida

Actinopteri - Pachycormiformes - Pachycormidae

Taxonomy
Erisichthe nitida was named by Cope (1873).

It was recombined as Protosphyraena nitida by Hay (1902), Applegate (1970), Thurmond and Jones (1981) and Shimada et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Erisichthe nitida Cope p. 2
1877Erisichthe nitida Cope p. 821
1902Protosphyraena nitida Hay p. 379
1970Protosphyraena nitida Applegate p. 404
1981Protosphyraena nitida Thurmond and Jones p. 86
2006Protosphyraena nitida Shimada et al. p. 23

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
AspidorhyncheiNelson et al. 2016
orderPachycormiformesBerg 1940
familyPachycormidaeWoodward 1895
subfamilyHypsocorminaeVetter 1881
genusProtosphyraenaLeidy 1857
speciesnitida()

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.

Protosphyraena nitida Cope 1873
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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: carnivoref
Created: 2009-07-20 21:09:52
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:09:52
Source: f = family, o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Santonian or 86.30000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian86.3 - 83.6USA (Alabama) Protosphyraena nitida (81928)