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Cionichthys dunklei

Palaeonisciformes - Redfieldiidae

Taxonomy
Cionichthys dunklei was named by Schaeffer (1967). Its type specimen is AMNH 5615, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Big Indian Wash fish locality, which is in a Norian/Rhaetian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Chinle Formation of Utah. It is the type species of Cionichthys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Cionichthys dunklei Schaeffer p. 302

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
suborderRedfieldioidei(Berg 1955)
familyRedfieldiidaeHutchinson 1973
genusCionichthys
speciesdunklei

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.

†Cionichthys dunklei Schaeffer 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:35:42
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:35:42
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Rhaetian or 205.70000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4USA (Utah) Cionichthys dunklei (type locality: 135710 135711)
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4USA (Colorado) Cionichthys dunklei (135699 135712)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4USA (Utah) Cionichthys dunklei (218214)