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Trachichthyoides ornatus

Actinopteri - Beryciformes

Taxonomy
Trachichthyoides ornatus was named by Woodward (1902). It is extant. Its type locality is Bromley (Bowerbank collection), which is in a Cenomanian/Cenomanian carbonate chalk in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Trachichthyoides.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Trachichthyoides ornatus Woodward p. 29 figs. Plate VIII, Fig. 5
1964Trachichthyoides ornatus Patterson p. 360

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Berycimorphaceae
orderBeryciformes
suborderHolocentroideiJohnson and Patterson 1993
genusTrachichthyoides
speciesornatus

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.

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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 20:59:28
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:59:28
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Middle Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Trachichthyoides ornatus (type locality: 222451)