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Kansius sternbergi

Actinopteri - Beryciformes

Taxonomy
Kansius sternbergi was named by Hussakof (1929). Its type specimen is SMM 25, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is One-half mile SW of Castle Rock, which is in a Santonian carbonate chalk in the Niobrara Formation of Kansas. It is the type species of Kansius.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Kansius sternbergi Hussakof p. 1 fig. 1,2
1964Kansius sternbergi Patterson p. 417
1976Kansius sternbergi Bardack pp. 361-367 figs. 4-6

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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
suborderHolocentroideiJohnson and Patterson 1993
genusKansius
speciessternbergi

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.

†Kansius sternbergi Hussakof 1929
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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: Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Kansas) Kansius sternbergi (type locality: 221066 221077 221103)