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Istiophorus calvertensis

Osteichthyes - Istiophoriformes - Istiophoridae

Taxonomy
Istiophorus calvertensis was named by Berry (1917). Its type specimen is no specimen number listed (rostrum) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tar Bay, which is in a Tortonian/Serravallian marine horizon in the Eastover Formation of Virginia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
I. albicans

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Istiophorus calvertensis Berry p. 461 figs. Fig. 1-2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—Carangaria
orderIstiophoriformes
familyIstiophoridae
genusIstiophorusLacépède 1802
speciescalvertensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Serravallian or 11.63000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian - Serravallian11.63 - 11.63USA (Virginia) Istiophorus calvertensis (type locality: 105548)