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Horseshoeichthys armaserratus

Osteichthyes - Ellimmichthyiformes

Taxonomy
Horseshoeichthys armaserratus was named by Newbrey et al. (2010). Its type specimen is TMP 2001.045.0093, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Albertosaurus Bonebed, Dry Island Buffalo Jump, which is in a Maastrichtian coarse channel fill sandstone in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Horseshoeichthys.

Entered
by P. Holroyd on 2018-03-11

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Horseshoeichthys armaserratus Newbrey et al. p. 1185 figs. 1–3, 5, 7a, 8a, 8b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
superorderClupeomorpha
orderEllimmichthyiformes
genusHorseshoeichthys
speciesarmaserratus

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.

Horseshoeichthys armaserratus Newbrey et al. 2010
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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 21:17:18
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:17:18
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Alaska) Horseshoeichthys armaserratus (240913)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Horseshoeichthys armaserratus (type locality: 55363)