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Tselfatia formosa

Osteichthyes - Tselfatiiformes - Plethodidae

Taxonomy
Tselfatia formosa was named by Arambourg (1943).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Tselfatia formosa Arambourg
1980Tselfatia formosa Bardack and Teller-Marshall p. 1076 figs. 1-3
2000Tselfatia formosa Maisch and Lehmann p. 502 figs. 2, 3
2020Tselfatia formosa Amalfitano et al. p. 284 fig. 24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
orderTselfatiiformesNelson 1994
familyPlethodidaeLoomis 1900
genusTselfatia
speciesformosaArambourg 1943

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.

Tselfatia formosa Arambourg 1943
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. Bardack and S. Teller-Marshall 1980Tselfatia in which the greatest depth is 33-46% of the standard length and in which the pectoral fin inserts just below the vertebral column
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:48:32
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:48:32
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Campanian or 100.50000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy Tselfatia formosa (214600)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy (Treviso) Tselfatia formosa (214716)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy (Vicenza) Tselfatia formosa (214715)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy (Belluno) Tselfatia formosa (214717)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany Tselfatia formosa (221944)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Mexico (Puebla) Tselfatia formosa (127465)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6USA (Texas) Tselfatia formosa (221134)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Croatia Tselfatia formosa (221145)