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Forfex hypuralis

Osteichthyes - Beloniformes - Forficidae

Taxonomy
Forfex hypuralis was named by Jordan and Gilbert (1919). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pine Canyon, which is in a Miocene marine shale in the Monterey Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Forfex hypuralis Jordan and Gilbert p. 36 figs. Plate XIV, Fig. 3
2012Forfex hypuralis Fierstine et al. p. 87

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—OvalentariaSmith and Near 2012
superorderAtherinomorphae()
orderBeloniformes
familyForficidae
genusForfex
specieshypuralis

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.

†Forfex hypuralis 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: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:57:04
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:57:04
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

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) Forfex hypuralis (type locality: 186023)