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Wakinoichthys aokii

Actinopteri - Osteoglossiformes - Wakinoichthiidae

Taxonomy
Wakinoichthys aokii was named by Yabumoto (1994). Its type specimen is KMNH VP 100,140, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Fourth formation (W4, KA-0), which is in a Neocomian terrestrial sandstone/shale in the Third Formation of Japan. It is the type species of Wakinoichthys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Wakinoichthys aokii Yabumoto

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Osteoglossocephalai
Osteoglossocephala
superorderOsteoglossomorpha
orderOsteoglossiformesBerg 1940
familyWakinoichthiidae
genusWakinoichthys
speciesaokii

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.

Wakinoichthys aokii Yabumoto 1994
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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 21:33:46
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:33:30
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Neocomian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 143.10000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Neocomian143.1 - 125.77Japan (Fukuoka) Wakinoichthys aokii (145244 type locality: 145245 145246)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1South Korea (Kyongsangnam-do) Wakinoichthys aokii (144935)