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Teffichthys

Osteichthyes - Perleidiformes - Perleididae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Teffichthys Marramà et al. p. 222
2022Teffichthys Yuan et al. p. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
NeopterygiiRegan 1923
orderPerleidiformesBerg 1937
familyPerleididaeBrough 1931
genusTeffichthys

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.

G. †Teffichthys Marramà et al. 2017
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Teffichthys elegans Yuan et al. 2022
Teffichthys lehmani Schaeffer 1990
Teffichthys lutoensis Teixeira 1947
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Invalid names: Perleidus piveteaui Lehman 1952 [synonym]
Teffichthys stoschiensis Stensiö 1932
Teffichthys woodwardi Stensiö 1921
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Invalid names: Colobodus altilepis Woodward 1912 [replaced]
Teffichthys wui Xu et al. 2024
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: detritivoref
Created: 2014-02-08 20:12:07
Modified: 2014-02-08 20:12:07
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Neuman and Wilson 1985, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Griesbachian to the top of the Alaunian or 251.90200 to 211.18000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Greenland Perleidus stoschiensis (112751 120896)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7Angola Perleidus lehmani (131052) Perleidus lutoensis (131079 131080 131081 131082 131083)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Madagascar Perleidus madagascariensis (153374 153378) Perleidus piveteaui, Perleidus madagascariensis (153373)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9China (Guizhou) T. elegans (225582 225583)
Dienerian - Smithian250.5 - 248.1Madagascar Perleidus madagascariensis (185360)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1China (Jiangsu) T. wui (117942)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1China (Anhui) Plesioperleidus jiangsuensis (117945)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Svalbard and Jan Mayen Colobodus altilepis (120367) Perleidus woodwardi (120228 120229 120230 120304 120366)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen Perleidus woodwardi (120224)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Luxembourg (Diekirch) Perleidus stoschiensis (56047)