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Paraclupea seilacheri

Osteichthyes - Ellimmichthyiformes - Paraclupeidae

Taxonomy
Paraclupea seilacheri was named by Alvarado-Ortega and Melgarejo-Damián (2017). Its type specimen is IGM 4717, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Site IGM-2772, Tlayúa Quarry, which is in an Albian/Albian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Tlayúa Formation of Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Paraclupea seilacheri Alvarado-Ortega and Melgarejo-Damián

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
superorderClupeomorpha
orderEllimmichthyiformes
familyParaclupeidaeChang and Chou 1977
subfamilyParaclupeinaeChang and Chou 1977
genusParaclupeaSun 1956
speciesseilacheri

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.

Paraclupea seilacheri Alvarado-Ortega and Melgarejo-Damián 2017
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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 Middle Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Albian or 110.10000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian110.1 - 100.5Mexico (Puebla) Paraclupea seilacheri (133991 type locality: 221635 221636 221637 221638)