Bregmaceros deklaszi

Taxonavigation: Gadiformes

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: Paracanthopterygii Series: Zeiogadaria Subseries: Gadariae Ordo: Gadiformes

Familia: Bregmacerotidae
Genus: Bregmaceros

Species: †Bregmaceros deklaszi

Name

†Bregmaceros deklaszi Schwarzhans, 2013

• Holotype: SMF PO 91442; otolith.
• Paratypes: (20) SMF PO 91443-91450, 91452-91458; otoliths.

Type locality and horizon: Gabon, Ewongue 3, 189 m, Mandorové FM, Miocene, Serravallian to Early Tortonian.

Etymology: Named in honor of Ivan de Klasz (Nice), who collected the otoliths from Gabon described by the author, and also in recognition of his many contributions to the knowledge of the fossils of tropical West Africa.

References

• Schwarzhans, W. 2013. Otoliths from the Miocene of West Africa, primarily from the Mandorové Formation of Gabon. Palaeo Ichthyologica 13: 151–184. PDF Reference page.