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Etringus scintillans

Osteichthyes - Clupeiformes - Clupeidae

Taxonomy
Etringus scintillans was named by Jordan (1907). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Soledad Pass, which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Etringus scintillans Jordan p. 121 fig. 17
1919Etringus scintillans Jordan p. 5
1921Etringus scintillans Jordan p. 241
1943Etringus scintillans David p. 6
2012Etringus scintillans Fierstine et al. p. 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Otomorpha
superorderClupei
orderClupeiformesBleeker 1859
suborderClupeoidei(Bleeker 1859)
familyClupeidaeCuvier 1817
genusEtringus
speciesscintillans

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.

Etringus scintillans Jordan 1907
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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 21:03:52
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:03:52
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Tortonian or 23.04000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Etringus scintillans (type locality: 186008)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (California) Etringus scintillans (186006 186007)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (California) Etringus scintillans (234665)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (California) Etringus scintillans (167462 185670 185671 185672 185673)