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Teoichthys kallistos

Ophiopsiformes - Ophiopsiellidae

Taxonomy
Teoichthys kallistos was named by Applegate (1988). Its type specimen is IGM-3460, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Site IGM-370, Tlayúa Quarry (Aranguthy quarry), which is in an Albian/Albian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Tlayúa Formation of Mexico. It is the type species of Teoichthys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Teoichthys kallistos Applegate p. 200 figs. 2-7
2019Teoichthys kallistos Cantalice et al. p. 434

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
—Actinopterygii()
—HalecostomiRegan 1903
—Halecomorphi(Cope 1872)
orderOphiopsiformes
familyOphiopsiellidae
genusTeoichthys
specieskallistos

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Teoichthys kallistos Applegate 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available