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Palaeocybium proosti

Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae

Taxonomy
Cybium proosti was named by Storms (1895).

It was recombined as Palaeocybium proosti by Monsch (2004) and Ebersole et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Cybium proosti Storms p. 460
1946Cybium proosti Casier p. 148
1966Cybium proosti Casier p. 298
2004Palaeocybium proosti Monsch p. 460
2019Palaeocybium proosti Ebersole et al. p. 173

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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
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
RankNameAuthor
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
Euacanthomorphacea
Percomorphaceae
Scombrimorpharia
orderScombriformes
familyScombridae(Rafinesque 1815)
subfamilyScombrinaeRafinesque-Schmaltz 1815
tribeScomberomorini()
genusPalaeocybium
speciesproosti(Storms 1895)

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.

Palaeocybium proosti Storms 1895
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Bartonian or 55.80000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Cybium proosti (13299)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium Cybium proosti (219001 219003 219005 219006 219008)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Palaeocybium proosti (81179)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Mississippi) Cybium proosti (164192)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Cybium proosti (41888 41989 41992 41994 41996 41998)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Cybium proosti (209370 209371)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Ukraine Cybium proosti (211009)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Palaeocybium proosti (81266 176944)