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Palaeopomacentrus orphae
Taxonomy
Palaeopomacentrus orphae was named by Bellwood and Sorbini (1996). Its type specimen is MCSNV IG 23692, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Monte Bolca, Pesciara (FMNH collection), which is in a Ypresian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in Italy. It is the type species of Palaeopomacentrus.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1996 | Palaeopomacentrus orphae Bellwood and Sorbini p. 164 |
1999 | Palaeopomacentrus orphae Bellwood p. 212 |
2014 | Palaeopomacentrus orphae Carnevale et al. p. 43 |
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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.
†Palaeopomacentrus orphae Bellwood and Sorbini 1996
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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D. R. Bellwood and L. Sorbini 1996 | Body ovate with prominent dorsal fin;pharyngeal jaw present with lower pharyngeal bone in close association with cleithrum; oral teeth small, unicuspid; vertebrae 25 (1 1 abdominal, 14 caudal); 3 supraneurals; continuous dorsal fin with 10 spines and 10 soft rays; anal fin with 2 supernumerary spines and 7-8 soft rays; three epurals, caudal fin with 9 + 8 principal rays; preopercular margin serrate. |
Measurements
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Source: o = order, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 |