Mataichthys rhinoceros

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Eleotroidei 

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: Gobiaria
Ordo: Gobiiformes
Subordo: Eleotroidei

Familia: Eleotridae
Genus: †Mataichthys
Species: †Mataichthys rhinoceros

Name

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Mataichthys rhinoceros Schwarzhans in Schwarzhans et al., 2012

  • Holotype: NMNZ S.52740.
  • Paratypes (12): NMNZ S.52741 and 52744.
  • Type locality: Home Hills Station, Manuherikia River near St Bathans, Otago.
  • Type horizon: HH1a bed, Bannockburn Formation, early Miocene.

Etymology: Referring to the resemblance of the dorsal rim of the otolith to the dorsal head profile of a rhinoceros.

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