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Aipichthys velifer

Actinopteri - Aipichthyidae

Taxonomy
Aipichthys velifer was named by Woodward (1901). Its type specimen is BMNH P4743, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Aipichthys velifer Woodward p. 427
1964Aipichthys velifer Patterson p. 394 fig. 83
1996Aipichthys velifer Otero and Gayet

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Acanthomorpha(Rosen 1973)
superfamilyAipichthyoidea
familyAipichthyidae
genusAipichthysSteindachner 1860
speciesvelifer

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.

†Aipichthys velifer Woodward 1901
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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: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:44:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:44:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lebanon Aipichthys velifer (69118 216596 221079)