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Phyllodus toliapicus

Osteichthyes - Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae

Taxonomy
Phyllodus toliapicus was named by Agassiz (1839). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Farmingdale, which is in a Bartonian marine sandstone in the Shark River Formation of New Jersey.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Phyllodus toliapicus Agassiz figs. Pl 69a, figs 1-3
1843Phyllodus toliapicus Agassiz p. 239
1946Phyllodus toliapicus Casier p. 138
1966Phyllodus toliapicus Casier p. 228
1998Phyllodus toliapicus Weems p. 151
1999Phyllodus toliapicus Weems p. 58
2019Phyllodus toliapicus Ebersole et al. p. 160

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Elopomorpha()
orderElopiformesSauvage 1875
familyPhyllodontidaeSauvage 1875
genusPhyllodus
speciestoliapicus

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.

†Phyllodus toliapicus Agassiz 1839
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:12:52
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:12:52
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lancian to the top of the Bartonian or 72.20000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Phyllodus toliapicus (75280)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (South Carolina) Phyllodus toliapicus (152240)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (Virginia) Phyllodus toliapicus (60908)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Mississippi) Phyllodus toliapicus (164192)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Belgium (Brabant) Phyllodus toliapicus (188444)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom Phyllodus toliapicus (215472)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Belgium Phyllodus toliapicus (219001 219005)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Phyllodus toliapicus (13299)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Phyllodus toliapicus (81179 209524)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Virginia) Phyllodus toliapicus (84055)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (Virginia) Phyllodus toliapicus (15595)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Phyllodus toliapicus (81266)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (New Jersey) Phyllodus toliapicus (type locality: 84022)