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Genartina texana

Actinopteri - Albuliformes

Taxonomy
Genartina texana was named by Frizzell and Dante (1965). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Highway 21, Stone City beds, which is in an Eocene marine shale in the Stone City Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Genartina texana Frizzell and Dante p. 696 figs. Pl. 86, figs. 20-22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Elopocephalai
—Elopocephala
—Elopomorpha()
orderAlbuliformesGreenwood et al. 1966
genusGenartina
speciestexana

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.

†Genartina texana Frizzell and Dante 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:52:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: Middle Eocene or 47.80000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Texas) Genartina texana (type locality: 84145)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Texas) Genartina texana (84143 84144 84147)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Genartina texana (84149)