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Helgolandichthys schmidi

Actinopteri - Salmoniformes - Salmonidae

Taxonomy
Helgolandichthys schmidi was named by Taverne (1981). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is North coast of Helgoland-Düne (Stühmer collection), which is in an Aptian marine shale in Germany. It is the type species of Helgolandichthys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Helgolandichthys schmidi Taverne p. 63 figs. 13-15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
superorderProtacanthopterygii
orderSalmoniformesBleeker 1859
familySalmonidaeCuvier 1816
genusHelgolandichthys
speciesschmidi

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.

†Helgolandichthys schmidi Taverne 1981
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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 21:40:35
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:40:35
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: or 122.46000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Germany Helgolandichthys schmidi (type locality: 212878)