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Teffichthys lehmani

Osteichthyes - Perleidiformes - Perleididae

Taxonomy
Perleidus lehmani was named by Schaeffer (1990). Its type specimen is IICT 83, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Lutoa, Baixa do Cassange, which is in a Triassic lacustrine siliciclastic in the Camadas com peixes Formation of Angola.

It was recombined as Teffichthys lehmani by Marramà et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Perleidus lehmani Schaeffer p. 25 figs. Pl 6; text-fig 10
2017Teffichthys lehmani Marramà et al. p. 236

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

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.

Teffichthys lehmani Schaeffer 1990
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Neuman and Wilson 1985, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Triassic or 251.90200 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7Angola Perleidus lehmani (type locality: 131052)