Singida jacksonoides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Osteoglossiformes

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 Supercohort: Osteoglossocephala Cohort/Superordo: Osteoglossomorpha Ordo: Osteoglossiformes

Familia: Osteoglossidae
Genus: †Singida
Species: †Singida jacksonoides

Name

• Singida jacksonoides Greenwood and Patterson, 1967: 213
  • Holotype: BMNH P. 42623a
  • Horizon: "Lacustrine shales, probably of Palaeogene age"
  • Locality: "near the western margin of the Iramba Plateau, Singida district, Tanzania"

References

• Greenwood, P.H. & Patterson, C. 1967: A fossil osteoglossoid fish from Tanzania (E. Africa). Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology), 47 (311): 211–223. Abstract DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1967.tb01404.x
• Murray, A.M. & Wilson, M.V.H. 2005. Description of a new Eocene osteoglossid fish and additional information on †Singida jacksonoides Greenwood and Patterson, 1967 (Osteoglossomorpha), with an assessment of their phylogenetic relationships. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 144(2): 213–228. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00170.x Reference page. 
• Wilson, M.V.H. & Murray, A.M. 2008: Osteoglossomorpha: phylogeny, biogeography, and fossil record and the significance of key African and Chinese fossil taxa. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 295 (1): 185–219. Abstract DOI: 10.1144/​SP295.12