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Empetrichthys erdisi

Actinopteri - Cyprinodontiformes - Goodeidae

Taxonomy
Parafundulus erdisi was named by Jordan (1924). Its type specimen is Stanford University Paleontology Type Collection 605, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Liebre Creek, which is in a Pleistocene marine horizon in the Labontan beds Formation of California.

It was recombined as Empetrichthys erdisi by Fierstine et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Parafundulus erdisi Jordan p. 45 figs. Plate I
1925Parafundulus erdisi Jordan p. 43
2012Empetrichthys erdisi Fierstine et al. p. 89

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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
familyGoodeidaeJordan and Gilbert 1883
genusEmpetrichthysGilbert 1893
specieserdisi()

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.

Empetrichthys erdisi Jordan 1924
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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: Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Parafundulus erdisi (type locality: 186047)