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Eocitharinus macrognathus

Actinopteri - Characiformes

Taxonomy
Eocitharinus macrognathus was named by Murray (2003). Its type specimen is WM 245/96a and WM 245/96b, a partial skeleton (part and counterpart of the anterior two-thirds of a skeleton), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Mahenge, which is in a Lutetian crater lake mudstone/shale in Tanzania. It is the type species of Eocitharinus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Eocitharinus macrognathus Murray p. 503

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Otocephala
superorderOstariophysiJordan and Evermann 1896
Otophysi
superorderCharaciphysae
orderCharaciformesRegan 1911
suborderCitharinoideiBuckup 1998
genusEocitharinus
speciesmacrognathus

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 10:36:16
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:36:16
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988

Age range: Lutetian or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Tanzania Eocitharinus macrognathus (type locality: 31499)