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Pronotacanthus sahelalmae

Actinopteri - Protostomiidae

Taxonomy
Anguilla sahelalmae was named by Davis (1887). Its type specimen is BMNH 46535, P4741, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sahil Alma (BMNH collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon.

It was recombined as Pronotacanthus sahelalmae by Woodward (1901).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Anguilla sahelalmae Davis p. 625 figs. Pl 20, fig 2
1901Pronotacanthus sahelalmae Woodward p. 169 figs. pl. xv, figs. 1-2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Osteoglossocephalai
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
EuteleosteiRosen 1973
familyProtostomiidaeArambourg 1943
genusPronotacanthus
speciessahelalmae()

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.

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Diagnosis
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Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:52:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Rupelian or 85.80000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Lebanon Anguilla sahelalmae (221157)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Romania Pronotacanthus sahelalmae (50344)