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Sullivanichthys mccloskeyi
Taxonomy
Sullivanichthys mccloskeyi was named by Weems (1999). Its type specimen is USNM 496244, a mandible (right dentary), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fisher/Sullivan Site, which is in a Wasatchian marine horizon in the Nanjemoy Formation of Virginia. It is the type species of Sullivanichthys.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1999 | Sullivanichthys mccloskeyi Weems p. 65 figs. Plates 4.4, A-B; K; 4.8, C-D |
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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.
†Sullivanichthys mccloskeyi Weems 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Wasatchian or 54.90000 to 50.50000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wasatchian | USA (Virginia) | Sullivanichthys mccloskeyi (type locality: 15595) |