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Praescomberesox pacificus
Taxonomy
Praescomberesox pacificus was named by David (1946). Its type specimen is CIT 10325, a dermal scale, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Seaboard Oil Corp.,Gill No. 1 (3935 ft and deeper assemblages), which is in an Eocene/Eocene marine shale in the Kreyenhagen Formation of California. It is the type species of Praescomberesox.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1946 | Praescomberesox pacificus David p. 58 figs. Plate 2, fig 3; plate 3, fig. 2 |
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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.
†Praescomberesox pacificus David 1946
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 47.80000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | USA (California) | Praescomberesox pacificus (191002 type locality: 191006 191014 191015) |