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Marcopoloichthys faccii

Osteichthyes - Marcopoloichthyidae

Taxonomy
Pholidophorus faccii was named by Gortani (1907). Its type specimen is MFSN 5915, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Monte Diverdalce, Cazzaso, which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Val Degano Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Marcopoloichthys faccii by Tintori et al. (2008), Tintori et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Pholidophorus faccii Gortani p. 118 figs. Pl 2, fig 1
2008Marcopoloichthys faccii Tintori et al. p. 15 fig. 2c
2011Marcopoloichthys faccii Tintori et al. p. 49 figs. 6, 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
familyMarcopoloichthyidae
genusMarcopoloichthys
speciesfaccii()

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.

Marcopoloichthys faccii Gortani 1907
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Julian or 237.00000 to 233.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Pholidophorus faccii (type locality: 117941)