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Homonotichthys pulchellus

Actinopteri - Polymixiiformes - Polymixiidae

Taxonomy
Stenostoma pulchella was named by Dixon (1850). It is extant. Its type locality is Steyning chalk-pit (zone of Holaster subglobosus), which is in a Cenomanian/Cenomanian carbonate chalk in the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Berycopsis pulchella by Woodward (1902); it was recombined as Homonotichthys pulchellus by Patterson (1964).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Stenostoma pulchella Dixon p. 373
1902Berycopsis pulchella Woodward p. 5
1964Homonotichthys pulchellus Patterson p. 299

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
orderPolymixiiformes
familyPolymixiidaeGill 1862
genusHomonotichthysWhitley 1933
speciespulchellus()

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.

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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Middle Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Stenostoma pulchella (221377)