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Faugichthys loryi

Osteichthyes - Ichthyodectiformes - Ichthyodectidae

Taxonomy
Faugichthys loryi was named by Taverne and Chanet (2000). Its type specimen is MNHN CTE 1, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fauge valley, Villard-de-Lans, Isere, which is in an Albian marine marl in France. It is the type species of Faugichthys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Faugichthys loryi Taverne and Chanet p. 25 figs. 1-4
2013Faugichthys loryi Cavin et al. p. 141

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
orderIchthyodectiformesBardack and Sprinkle 1969
suborderIchthyodectoideiRomer 1966
familyIchthyodectidaeCrook 1892
genusFaugichthys
speciesloryi

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.

†Faugichthys loryi Taverne and Chanet 2000
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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 21:09:47
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:23:33
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Albian or 106.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5France Faugichthys loryi (type locality: 63325)