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Diogenichthys hulleyi

Osteichthyes - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Taxonomy
Diogenichthys hulleyi was named by Schwarzhans (2013). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yombe 1, 250-252 m, which is in a Tortonian marine claystone in the Mandorové Formation of Gabon.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. atlanticus
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2021-04-07

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Diogenichthys hulleyi Schwarzhans p. 159

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Myctophata
orderMyctophiformesRegan 1911
familyMyctophidaeGill 1893
genusDiogenichthysBolin 1839
specieshulleyi

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.

†Diogenichthys hulleyi Schwarzhans 2013
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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 21:28:48
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:28:48
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Tortonian or 11.63000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Gabon Diogenichthys hulleyi (type locality: 219362)