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Evesthes jordani

Actinopteri - Pleuronectiformes - Pleuronectidae

Taxonomy
Evesthes jordani was named by Gilbert (1910). Its type specimen is UCMP 2460 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lompoc Quarry, which is in a Tortonian basinal (siliciclastic) diatomite in the Monterey Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Evesthes jordani Gilbert p. 407 figs. PL 102, figs. 3,4ate 42
1919Evesthes jordani Jordan and Gilbert p. 58
1920Evesthes jordani Jordan and Gilbert p. 37
1943Evesthes jordani David p. 165
2012Evesthes jordani Fierstine et al. p. 157

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—EuteleosteiRosen 1973
superorderAcanthopterygii
—Percomorpha
orderPleuronectiformes
suborderPleuronectoidei
familyPleuronectidae
genusEvesthes
speciesjordani

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.

†Evesthes jordani Gilbert 1910
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:39:27
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:39:27
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Tortonian or 11.63000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (California) Evesthes jordani (type locality: 45489)