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Erichalcis conspicua

Actinopteri

Taxonomy
Erichalcis conspicua was named by Hermus et al. (2004). Its type specimen is UC11949, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is University of Calgary locality 93-3, Dragon Mountain, which is in an Albian offshore shale in the Christopher Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Erichalcis conspicua Hermus et al. p. 454 fig. 3,6

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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
speciesconspicua

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 conspicua Hermus et al. 2004
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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 (Nunavut) Erichalcis conspicua (type locality: 117995)