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Erichalcis arcta

Actinopteri

Taxonomy
Erichalcis arcta was named by Forey (1975). Its type specimen is UALVP 8606, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hay River, which is in an Albian marine shale in the Loon River Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Erichalcis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Erichalcis arcta Forey p. 153 figs. 1-11
2004Erichalcis arcta Hermus et al. p. 452 fig. 5

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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)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—EuteleosteiRosen 1973
genusErichalcis
speciesarcta

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.

†Erichalcis arcta Forey 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:52:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: Middle Albian or 109.00000 to 105.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Canada (Northwest Territories) Erichalcis arcta (type locality: 94490)