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Cipactlichthys scutatus

Taxonomy
Cipactlichthys scutatus was named by Brito and Alvarado-Ortega (2013). Its type specimen is IGM.6605, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tlayúa Quarry (IGM, general), which is in an Albian/Albian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Tlayúa Formation of Mexico. It is the type species of Cipactlichthys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Cipactlichthys scutatus Brito and Alvarado-Ortega p. 3 figs. 2-9
2019Cipactlichthys scutatus Cantalice et al. p. 432

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
—Actinopterygii()
—HalecostomiRegan 1903
—Halecomorphi(Cope 1872)
genusCipactlichthys
speciesscutatus

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.

†Cipactlichthys scutatus Brito and Alvarado-Ortega 2013
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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

Age range: base of the Middle Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Albian or 109.00000 to 99.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6Mexico (Puebla) Cipactlichthys scutatus (type locality: 80283)