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Aipichthys nuchalis

Osteichthyes - Aipichthyidae

Taxonomy
Microdon nuchalis was named by Dixon (1850). Its type specimen is BMNH 25770, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Washington (Goring pit), which is in a Cenomanian/Cenomanian carbonate chalk in the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Aipichthys nuchalis by Woodward (1902), Patterson (1964).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. nuchalus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Microdon nuchalis Dixon p. 369
1902Aipichthys nuchalis Woodward p. 4
1964Aipichthys nuchalis Patterson p. 303

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—LampripterygiiBetancur-R et al. 2017
familyAipichthyidae
genusAipichthysSteindachner 1860
speciesnuchalis()

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.

†Aipichthys nuchalis Dixon 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Microdon nuchalis (type locality: 221087)