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Cumbaaichthys oxyrhynchus (beardfish)

Actinopteri - Polymixiiformes

Taxonomy
Cumbaaichthys oxyrhynchus was named by Murray (2016). Its type specimen is UALVP 56113, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 84342, Lac des Bois (2010 collection), which is in a Turonian offshore shale/siltstone in Canada. It is the type species of Cumbaaichthys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Cumbaaichthys oxyrhynchus Murray p. 105 figs. 1-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Acanthomorpha(Rosen 1973)
orderPolymixiiformes
genusCumbaaichthys
speciesoxyrhynchus

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.

†Cumbaaichthys oxyrhynchus Murray 2016 [beardfish]
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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 20:44:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:44:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Canada (Northwest Territories) Cumbaaichthys oxyrhynchus (type locality: 220881)