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Ganolytes clepsydra

Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei

Taxonomy
Ganolytes clepsydra was named by Jordan and Gilbert (1919). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is El Modena, which is in a Miocene marine shale in the Monterey Formation of California. It is the type species of Ganolytes.

It was recombined as Ganoessus clepsydra by Jordan and Gilbert (1920), Jordan (1921), Jordan (1925), David (1943) and Fierstine et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Ganolytes clepsydra Jordan and Gilbert p. 23 figs. Plate XI, Fig. 1
1920Ganoessus clepsydra Jordan and Gilbert
1921Ganoessus clepsydra Jordan p. 241
1925Ganoessus clepsydra Jordan p. 8
1943Ganoessus clepsydra David p. 94
2012Ganoessus clepsydra Fierstine et al. p. 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
RankNameAuthor
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Otomorpha
Clupei
orderClupeiformesBleeker 1859
familyClupeoidei(Bleeker 1859)
familyClupeidaeCuvier 1817
genusGanolytes
speciesclepsydra

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.

Ganolytes clepsydra Jordan and Gilbert 1919
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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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

Age range: Miocene or 23.03000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) Ganolytes clepsydra (type locality: 186021)