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Antarctiberyx seymouri

Actinopteri - Beryciformes

Discussion

This species differs from all other trachichthyids in the extreme development of the ornamented nasal bridge and in the pattern of radiating spines and serrations on the dorsal surface of the bridge.

Taxonomy
Antarctiberyx seymouri was named by Grande and Chatterjee (1987). It is not extant. Its type specimen is TTU P9210, a partial skull. It is the type species of Antarctiberyx.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Antarctiberyx seymouri Grande and Chatterjee p. 833 figs. 3D, E

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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
genusAntarctiberyx
speciesseymouri

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.

†Antarctiberyx seymouri Grande and Chatterjee 1987
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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: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Antarctica Antarctiberyx seymouri (221133)