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Lepidopus albyi

Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Trichiuridae

Taxonomy
Lepidopus albyi was named by Sauvage (1870). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Licata, which is in a Messinian marine horizon in Italy.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Lepidopus albyi Sauvage p. 5
1873Lepidopus albyi Sauvage p. 123
1925Lepidopus albyi Arambourg p. 106
1986Lepidopus albyi Bedini et al. p. 59
1996Lepidopus albyi Gaudant et al. p. 142
2022Lepidopus albyi Argyriou p. 114

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
EuteleosteiRosen 1973
superorderAcanthopterygii
Percomorpha
OvalentariaSmith and Near 2012
orderScombriformes
familyTrichiuridae
genusLepidopusGouan 1770
speciesalbyi

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.

Lepidopus albyi Sauvage 1870
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:52:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: Messinian or 7.24600 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Sicile) Lepidopus albyi (210669)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Tuscany) Lepidopus albyi (210628)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Lepidopus albyi (type locality: 185692 186575 186576 210231 210640)