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Chongichthys dentatus

Actinopteri - Chongichthyidae

Taxonomy
Chongichthys dentatus was named by Arratia (1982). Its type specimen is LBUCH 021778a, a skeleton (head and part of trunk with muscles, caudal fin missing), and it is a compression preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Quebrada El Profeta, which is in an Oxfordian marine marl in Chile.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Chongichthys dentatus Arratia p. 134 figs. 2-15
2015Chongichthys dentatus Arratia p. 54

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
familyChongichthyidae
genusChongichthys
speciesdentatus

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.

†Chongichthys dentatus Arratia 1982
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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: Oxfordian or 161.50000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Chile Chongichthys dentatus (type locality: 117100)