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Cyclolepoides tuberculatus

Isospondyli - Cyclolepidae

Taxonomy
Cyclolepoides tuberculatus was named by David (1946). Its type specimen is CIT 10331, a dermal scale, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Western Gulf Oil Company, Lillis Welch No. 1, which is in an Eocene/Eocene marine shale in the Kreyenhagen Formation of California. It is the type species of Cyclolepoides.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Cyclolepoides tuberculatus David p. 56 figs. plate 2, fig. 4-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderIsospondyli
suborderSalmonoidea
familyCyclolepidae
genusCyclolepoides
speciestuberculatus

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 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: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 47.80000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9USA (California) Cyclolepoides tuberculatus (type locality: 191014 191016)