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Hastichthys regio

Osteichthyes - Acropomatiformes - Dercetidae

Taxonomy
Rhynchodercetis regio was named by Blanco and Alvarado-Ortega (2006). Its type specimen is FCT 005 and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Vallecillo quarry (FCT collection), which is in a Turonian offshore limestone in the Agua Nueva Formation of Mexico.

It was recombined as Hastichthys regio by Alvarado-Ortega and Díaz-Cruz (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Rhynchodercetis regio Blanco and Alvarado-Ortega p. 552 figs. Figs. 2-4
2021Hastichthys regio Alvarado-Ortega and Díaz-Cruz p. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
orderAcropomatiformes
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Cyclosquamata
orderAulopiformesRosen 1973
suborderIchthyotringoideiGoody 1969
familyDercetidaeCope
genusHastichthysTaverne 1991
speciesregio()

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.

†Hastichthys regio Blanco and Alvarado-Ortega 2006
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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: Early/Lower Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Mexico (Nuevo León) Dercetidae indet. (84950) Rhynchodercetis regio (219108)