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Acrogaster dayi

Actinopteri - Beryciformes

Taxonomy
Acrogaster dayi was named by Woodward (1942). Its type specimen is AUB 108930, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Hadjoula (AUB collection), which is in a Cenomanian carbonate limestone in Lebanon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Acrogaster dayi Woodward p. 540 figs. Pl 4, fig 2
1964Acrogaster dayi Patterson p. 410

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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
suborderTrachichthyoideiParr 1933
genusAcrogaster
speciesdayi

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.

†Acrogaster dayi Woodward 1942
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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: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lebanon Acrogaster dayi (type locality: 221233)