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Fundulus eulepis

Actinopteri - Cyprinodontiformes - Fundulidae

Taxonomy
Fundulus eulepis was named by Miller (1945). Its type specimen is USNM 16883 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Furnace Creek, which is in a Tertiary terrestrial horizon in California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Fundulus eulepis Miller
2012Fundulus eulepis Fierstine et al. p. 88

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
RankNameAuthor
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Carangimorpharia
—Ovalentariae
superorderAtherinomorphae()
orderCyprinodontiformesBertin 1958
suborderCyprinodontoidei
familyFundulidae
genusFundulusLacépède 1803
specieseulepis

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.

†Fundulus eulepis Miller 1945
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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: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:16:21
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:16:21
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Tertiary or 66.00000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58USA (California) Fundulus eulepis (type locality: 204388)