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Deutschenchelys micklichi

Osteichthyes - Anguilliformes - Moringuidae

Taxonomy
Deutschenchelys micklichi was named by Prokofiev (2012). Its type specimen is HLMDWT 35, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Frauenweiler, which is in a Rupelian estuary/bay claystone in Germany. It is the type species of Deutschenchelys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Deutschenchelys micklichi Prokofiev p. 12 figs. 1-2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Elopomorpha()
orderAnguilliformesGreenwood et al. 1966
suborderMoringuoidei
familyMoringuidae
genusDeutschenchelys
speciesmicklichi

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.

†Deutschenchelys micklichi Prokofiev 2012
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:49:55
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:49:55
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Rupelian or 33.90000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Congridae indet. (type locality: 68021)