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Optivus moko

Actinopteri - Beryciformes - Trachichthyidae

Taxonomy
Optivus moko was named by Schwarzhans et al. (2017). Its type specimen is OU22812, an otolith, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cosy Dell Farm, which is in a Duntroonian estuary/bay horizon in the Chatton Formation of New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Optivus moko Schwarzhans et al. p. 450
2019Optivus moko Schwarzhans p. 183
2024Optivus moko Robinson et al. p. 572

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
RankNameAuthor
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Berycimorphaceae
orderBeryciformes
suborderBerycoidei
familyTrachichthyidaeBleeker 1859
genusOptivusWhitley 1947
speciesmoko

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.

†Optivus moko Schwarzhans et al. 2017
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Duntroonian to the top of the Waiauan or 27.30000 to 11.04000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand (South Island) Optivus moko (type locality: 219615)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand (North Island) Optivus moko (219522)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) Optivus moko (219341 219609 219744)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (North Shore) Optivus moko (219524 219525 219526)
Waiauan13.05 - 11.04New Zealand (North Island) Optivus moko (219549)