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Tanichthys ningjiagouensis

Actinopteri - Hiodontiformes - Hiodontidae

Taxonomy
Tanichthys ningjiagouensis was named by Jin (1991). Its type specimen is IVPP V8948.1, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Ningchiakou, Mengyin, which is in a Berriasian/Valanginian terrestrial sandstone/siltstone in the Mengyin Formation of China. It is the type species of Tanichthys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Tanichthys ningjiagouensis Jin pp. 46-47 figs. 1-3, pl. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
—Osteoglossocephala
superorderOsteoglossomorpha
orderHiodontiformes
familyHiodontidae
genusTanichthys
speciesningjiagouensis

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: 2004-08-17 14:52:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Berriasian to the top of the Valanginian or 145.00000 to 132.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian - Valanginian145.0 - 132.9China (Shandong) Tanichthys ningjiagouensis (type locality: 47070)