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Obaichthys

Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Obaichthyidae

Taxonomy
Obaichthys was named by Wenz and Brito (1992). Its type is Obaichthys decoratus. It is the type genus of Obaichthyidae.

It was assigned to Obaichthyidae by Grande (2010), López-Arbarello (2012).

Species
O. africanus, O. decoratus (type species), O. laevis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Obaichthys Wenz and Brito
2010Obaichthys Grande
2012Obaichthys López-Arbarello

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
infraclassHolostei(Müller 1846)
—Ginglymodi(Cope 1871)
orderLepisosteiformesHay 1929
suborderLepisosteioidei
superfamilyLepisosteoidea
familyObaichthyidae
genusObaichthys

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.

G. †Obaichthys Wenz and Brito 1992
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†Obaichthys africanus Grande 2010
†Obaichthys decoratus Wenz and Brito 1992
†Obaichthys laevis Wenz and Brito 1992
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:27:01
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:32:18
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 119.57000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Brazil (Ceará) O. decoratus, O. laevis (92290)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Algeria (Adrar) O. africanus (59578)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) O. africanus (221135)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Algeria (Béchar) O. africanus (224512 224513)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) Stromerichthys sp., Osteichthyes indet. (132494)