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Paracentrus lebanonensis

Actinopteri - Beryciformes

Taxonomy
Paracentrus lebanonensis was named by Forey et al. (2003). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nammoura quarry (BMNH collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal wackestone/mudstone in the Sannine Formation of Lebanon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Paracentrus lebanonensis Forey et al. p. 229

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Berycimorphaceae
orderBeryciformes
superfamilyHolocentroideaRichardson 1846
genusParacentrus
specieslebanonensis

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.

†Paracentrus lebanonensis Forey et al. 2003
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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: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:59:28
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:59:28
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Middle Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lebanon Paracentrus lebanonensis (type locality: 124426)