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Sphyraena crassidens

Actinopteri - Acanthopteri - Sphyraenidae

Taxonomy
Sphyraena crassidens was named by de Beaufort (1926). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Patanuang Asue, which is in a Miocene marine limestone in the Tonasa Limestone Formation of Indonesia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. sphyraena

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Sphyraena crassidens de Beaufort p. 133

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
orderAcanthopteri
familySphyraenidae
genusSphyraenaArtedi 1793
speciescrassidens

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.

†Sphyraena crassidens de Beaufort 1926
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:52:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia (Maros) Sphyraena crassidens (type locality: 187654)