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Osmeroides megapterus

Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Osmeroididae

Taxonomy
Osmeroides megapterus was named by Pictet (1850). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sach el Aalma (Boissier collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon.

It was recombined as Sardinioides megapterus by Woodward (1898) and Woodward (1901).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. rheris

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Osmeroides megapterus Pictet p. 27 figs. Pl 3, fig 3
1866Osmeroides megapterus Pictet and Humbert p. 78
1887Osmeroides megapterus Davis p. 557 figs. Pl 32, figs 4-6
1898Sardinioides megapterus Woodward p. 487
1901Sardinioides megapterus Woodward p. 237
1903Osmeroides megapterus Hay p. 424

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Elopocephalai
—Elopocephala
—Elopomorpha()
orderElopiformesSauvage 1875
suborderAlbuloidei
familyOsmeroididae
genusOsmeroides
speciesmegapterus

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.

†Osmeroides megapterus Pictet 1850
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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 21:12:52
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:12:52
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Santonian or 85.80000 to 83.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Lebanon Osmeroides megapterus (170327 type locality: 221187)