Taxon Profile: Chimaera seymourensis

Taxonomy details

Context

Taxon Id
118000
Authority
Unknown or not entered.
Naming Status
Currently accepted name
Status
Fossil
Found in the Antarctica/subantarctic or Southern Ocean
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Taxon has been resolved to the rank Species.

Hierarchy

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Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Chondrichthyes
Order
Chimaeriformes
Family
Chimaeridae
Genus
Chimaera

Profile

Latest Taxonomic scrutiny
Dave Watts on 20-Apr-2009
Reference Site/Paper in which the taxon name was checked
Ward, D.J., and Grande, L. (1991) Chimaeroid fish remains from Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctic Science 3 323-330. Source is Nisc

Species Profile:

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Type Locality
The actual location of the first recorded specimen
La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island

Reference: - Ward, D.J., and Grande, L. (1991) Chimaeroid fish remains from Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctic Science 3 323-330. Source is Nisc