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Vallecillichthys multivertebratum
Taxonomy
Vallecillichthys multivertebratum was named by Blanco and Cavin (2003). Its type specimen is FCT-079, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vallecillo quarry (FCT collection), which is in a Turonian offshore limestone in the Agua Nueva Formation of Mexico. It is the type species of Vallecillichthys.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2003 | Vallecillichthys multivertebratum Blanco and Cavin p. 303 fig. 2 |
| 2007 | Vallecillichthys multivertebratum Blanco-Piñón and J Alvarado-Ortega |
| 2013 | Vallecillichthys multivertebratum Cavin et al. p. 161 |
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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.
†Vallecillichthys multivertebratum Blanco and Cavin 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Turonian | Mexico (Nuevo León) | Ichthyodectiformes indet. (type locality: 84950) |