Eoscomber senegalicus

Taxonavigation: Scombriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Pelagiaria Ordo: Scombriformes

Familia: Scombridae
Subfamilia: Scombrinae
Genus: †Eoscomber
Species: †Eoscomber senegalicus

Name

†Eoscomber senegalicus Claeson et al., 2015

• Holotype: .

Type locality: Lower Eocene from the Thies Formation in the region of Bargny near the Cap-Vert peninsula, Senegal.

Etymology: .

References

• Claeson, K. M., Sarr, R., Hill, R. V., Sow, E. H., Malou, R. & O'Leary, M. A., 2015: New fossil scombrid (Pelagia: Scombridae) fishes preserved as predator and prey from the Eocene of Senegal. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 164 (1): 133–147. DOI: 10.1635/053.164.0111