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Tlayuamichin itztli

Actinopteri - Semionotiformes - Callipurbeckiidae

Taxonomy
Tlayuamichin itztli was named by López-Arbarello and Alvarado-Ortega (2011). Its type specimen is IGM 6716, 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 Tlayuamichin.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Tlayuamichin itztli López-Arbarello and Alvarado-Ortega p. 5 figs. 2-15
2012Tlayuamichin itztli López-Arbarello p. 5
2019Tlayuamichin itztli Cantalice et al. p. 433

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
infraclassHolostei(Müller 1846)
Ginglymodi(Cope 1871)
orderSemionotiformes
familyCallipurbeckiidae
genusTlayuamichin
speciesitztli

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.

Tlayuamichin itztli López-Arbarello and Alvarado-Ortega 2011
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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: durophageo
Diet 2: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:41:44
Modified: 2013-12-06 12:03:17
Source: o = order, 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 110.10000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian110.1 - 100.5Mexico (Puebla) Lepidotes sp. (type locality: 80283)