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Planktophaga minuta

Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae

Taxonomy
Planktophaga minuta was named by Böhme et al. (2013). Its type specimen is GPIT/OS/817, a tooth (isolated pharyngeal tooth), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Na Duong Mine level 11, which is in a Bartonian/Eocene lacustrine - large claystone in the Rhin Chua Formation of Vietnam. It is the type species of Planktophaga.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Planktophaga minuta Böhme et al. p. 145 figs. 24O-Q

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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
superorderCyprinae
orderCypriniformesBleeker 1859
familyCyprinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusPlanktophaga
speciesminuta

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.

Planktophaga minuta Böhme et al. 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:40:14
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:32:02
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 41.03000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene41.03 - 33.9Vietnam (Lang Son) Planktophaga minuta (type locality: 169422)