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Nursalliinae

Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Taxonomy
Nursalliidae was named by Blot (1987). Its type is Nursallia.

It was reranked as the subfamily Nursalliinae by Amalfitano et al. (2020).

It was assigned to Pycnodontiformes by Shimada et al. (2006); and to Pycnodontidae by Amalfitano et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Nursalliidae Blot
2006Nursalliidae Shimada et al. p. 21
2020Nursalliinae Amalfitano et al. p. 270

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
orderPycnodontiformesBerg 1937
suborderPycnodontoidei
familyPycnodontidae()
subfamilyNursalliinae(Blot 1987)
subfamilyNursalliinae(Blot 1987)

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.

Subfm. †Nursalliinae Blot 1987
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G. †Neomesturus Cooper and Martill 2020
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Neomesturus asflaensis Cooper and Martill 2020
G. †Nursallia Blot 1987
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Nursallia tethysensis Capasso et al. 2009
Nursallia veronae Blot 1987
G. †Palaeobalistum Blainville 1818
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Palaeobalistum bassanii D'Erasmo 1911
Palaeobalistum geiseri Thurmond 1974
Palaeobalistum goedelii Heckel 1854
Palaeobalistum libanicum Gorjanović-Kramberger 1895
Palaeobalistum orbiculatum Blainville 1818
Palaeobalistum rectidens Thurmond 1974
G. †Paranursallia Taverne et al. 2015
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Paranursallia cavini Cooper and Martill 2020
Paranursallia gutturosa Arambourg 1954
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: durophageo
Diet 2: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:40:08
Modified: 2013-12-06 12:04:31
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Albian to the top of the Ypresian or 113.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 112.03USA (Texas) Palaeobalistum geiseri (14408) Palaeobalistum sp. (52865)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0USA (Oklahoma) Palaeobalistum sp. (14392)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Texas) Palaeobalistum geiseri (99144) Palaeobalistum rectidens (14390 14391 99143)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0USA (Texas) Palaeobalistum rectidens (99146) Palaeobalistum sp. (27774)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Colorado) Palaeobalistum sp. (132505)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Lebanon Nursallia tethysensis (221061 221173) Palaeobalistum goedelli (216596) Palaeobalistum libanicum (221161) Palaeobalistum ventralis (221158)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Italy (Treviso) Paranursallia gutturosa (214716)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Italy (Belluno) Nursallia tethysensis (214717)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Italy Paranursallia gutturosa, Nursallia tethysensis (214600)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Lebanon Nursallia sp. (124426) Nursallia tethysensis (221150 221151 221152 221170)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Colorado) Nursallia sp., Palaeobalistum sp. (35429)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Mexico (Puebla) Nursallia tethysensis (127465)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Morocco Paranursallia cavini, Neomesturus asflaensis (150881)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Mexico (Nuevo León) Paranursallia gutturosa (219108)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Nebraska) Palaeobalistum sp. (213389)
Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Brazil (Paraíba) Palaeobalistum dossantosi (88070)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy Nursallia veronae, Palaeobalistum orbiculatum (94830)