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Lepidopus albyi

Osteichthyes - 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.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

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
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Percomorphaceae
Pelagiaria
orderScombriformes
familyTrichiuridaeRafinesque 1810
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: 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: 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 Lepidopus albyi (type locality: 185692 186575 186576 210231 210640)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Sicile) Lepidopus albyi (210669)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Tuscany) Lepidopus albyi (210628)