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Encheiziphius teretirostris

Actinopteri - Istiophoriformes - Istiophoridae

Taxonomy
Encheiziphius teretirostris was named by Rutimeyer (1857). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Montpellier, which is in a Zanclean marine sandstone in the Sables à Gryphaea virleti Formation of France. It is the type species of Brachyrhynchus.

It was recombined as Brachyrhynchus teretirostris by Van Beneden (1871).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Encheiziphius teretirostris Rutimeyer p. 561
1871Brachyrhynchus teretirostris Van Beneden p. 495
1904Encheiziphius teretirostris Palmer p. 795

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—EuteleosteiRosen 1973
superorderAcanthopterygii
—Percomorpha
—OvalentariaSmith and Near 2012
orderIstiophoriformes
familyIstiophoridae
genusEncheiziphiusLacépède 1802
speciesteretirostris

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.

†Encheiziphius teretirostris Rutimeyer 1857
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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: Zanclean or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6France Encheiziphius teretirostris (type locality: 56693)