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Albertonia cupidinia

Parasemionotiformes - Parasemionotidae

Taxonomy
Elonichthys cupidineus was named by Lambe (1916). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Railway cutting west of Massive, which is in a Smithian marine sandstone in the Spray River Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Albertonia cupidinia by Gardiner (1966) and Schaeffer and Mangus (1976).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Elonichthys cupidineus Lambe p. 39 figs. Pl 2
1966Albertonia cupidinia Gardiner p. 65
1976Albertonia cupidinia Schaeffer and Mangus p. 548

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
Actinopterygii()
HalecostomiRegan 1903
Halecomorphi(Cope 1872)
orderParasemionotiformesLehmann 1966
familyParasemionotidaeStensiƶ 1932
genusAlbertonia
speciescupidinia()

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.

Albertonia cupidinia Lambe 1916
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: detritivoref
Created: 2014-02-08 20:11:11
Modified: 2014-02-08 20:11:11
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Neuman and Wilson 1985

Age range: Smithian or 251.30000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Canada (Alberta) Elonichthys cupidineus (type locality: 122018)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Canada (British Columbia) Albertonia cupidinia (90301)