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Hippocampus sarmaticus

Actinopteri - Syngnathiformes - Syngnathidae

Taxonomy
Hippocampus sarmaticus was named by Zalohar et al. (2009). Its type specimen is T-245, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tunjice Village, bed 6, which is in a Sarmatian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal mudstone in the Coprolitic Horizon Formation of Slovenia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Hippocampus sarmaticus Zalohar et al. p. 80 figs. Figure 6

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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
RankNameAuthor
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
Euacanthomorphacea
Percomorphaceae
Scombrimorpharia
orderSyngnathiformes
suborderSyngnathoidei
familySyngnathidae
genusHippocampusRafinesque 1810
speciessarmaticus

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.

Hippocampus sarmaticus Zalohar et al. 2009
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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: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:44:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:44:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Sarmatian or 12.70000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Slovenia Hippocampus sarmaticus (type locality: 103103)