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Xyrinius houshi

Osteichthyes - Clupeiformes - Clupeidae

Taxonomy
Xyrinius houshi was named by Jordan and Gilbert (1919). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Los Angeles, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Xyrinius houshi Jordan and Gilbert p. 50 figs. Plate XXXI, Fig. 2
1921Xyrinius houshi Jordan p. 244
2012Xyrinius houshi Fierstine et al. p. 28

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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
genusXyriniusJordan and Gilbert 1919
specieshoushi

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.

†Xyrinius houshi Jordan and Gilbert 1919
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Miocene or 23.04000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (California) Xyrinius houshi (type locality: 186029)