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Ursichthys longiparietalis

Actinopteri - Aulopiformes

Taxonomy
Ursichthys longiparietalis was named by Newbrey and Konishi (2015). Its type specimen is TMP 2008.036.0006, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East bank of St. Mary River, south of Lethbridge, which is in a Campanian marine horizon in the Bearpaw Shale Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Ursichthys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Ursichthys longiparietalis Newbrey and Konishi p. 3 fig. 1,5

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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)
Aulopa
orderAulopiformesRosen 1973
suborderIchthyotringoideiGoody 1969
genusUrsichthys
specieslongiparietalis

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.

Ursichthys longiparietalis Newbrey and Konishi 2015
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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: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:54:50
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:54:50
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Aulopiformes indet. (type locality: 119088)