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Lateopisciculus turrifumosus

Osteichthyes - Percopsiformes - Percopsidae

Taxonomy
Lateopisciculus turrifumosus was named by Murray and Wilson (1996). Its type specimen is UALVP 34771, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Smoky Tower Fish Locality, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial mudstone in Canada. It is the type species of Lateopisciculus.

Entered
by P. Holroyd on 2018-03-18

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Lateopisciculus turrifumosus Murray and Wilson p. 430 fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Paracanthopterygii()
orderPercopsiformesBerg 1940
familyPercopsidaeRegan 1911
genusLateopisciculus
speciesturrifumosus

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.

†Lateopisciculus turrifumosus Murray and Wilson 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Paleocene or 66.00000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Canada (Alberta) Percopsidae indet. (type locality: 24926)