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Quetzalichthys perrilliatae

Ionoscopidae

Taxonomy
Quetzalichthys perrilliatae was named by Alvarado-Ortega and Espinosa-Arrubarrena (2008). Its type specimen is IGM 8592, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Site IGM-2432, Tlayúa Quarry, which is in an Albian/Albian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Tlayúa Formation of Mexico. It is the type species of Quetzalichthys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Quetzalichthys perrilliatae Alvarado-Ortega and Espinosa-Arrubarrena
2019Quetzalichthys perrilliatae Cantalice et al. p. 433

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
Actinopterygii()
HalecostomiRegan 1903
Halecomorphi(Cope 1872)
familyIonoscopidaeLehman 1966
genusQuetzalichthys
speciesperrilliatae

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.

Quetzalichthys perrilliatae Alvarado-Ortega and Espinosa-Arrubarrena 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Middle Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Albian or 109.00000 to 99.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6Mexico (Puebla) Quetzalichthys perrilliatae (type locality: 133991 134809)