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Erichalcis arcta

Osteichthyes

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
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
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: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Middle Albian or 110.10000 to 106.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Canada (Northwest Territories) Erichalcis arcta (type locality: 94490)