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Parapholidophorus caffii

Osteichthyes - Pholidophoriformes - Pholidophoridae

Taxonomy
Pholidophorus caffii was named by Airaghi (1908). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Viciarola, near San Pellegrino, which is in a Sevatian carbonate limestone in the Riva di Solto Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Parapholidophorus caffii by Zambelli (1975), Zambelli (1986), Arratia (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Pholidophorus caffii Airaghi p. 770 fig. 1
1966Pholidophorus caffii Nybelin p. 376 figs. Pl. 6, fig. 1; text-fig 5
1975Parapholidophorus caffii Zambelli
1986Parapholidophorus caffii Zambelli p. 9
2013Parapholidophorus caffii Arratia p. 86 figs. 71-73

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
orderPholidophoriformes
familyPholidophoridae
genusParapholidophorus
speciescaffii()

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.

†Parapholidophorus caffii Airaghi 1908
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Diet: suspension feederf
Created: 2013-12-06 12:48:42
Modified: 2013-12-06 12:48:42
Source: f = family, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Lombardo and Tintori 2005

Age range: Sevatian or 211.18000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Italy Pholidophorus caffii (type locality: 130603)