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Hastichthys totonacus

Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Dercetidae

Taxonomy
Hastichthys totonacus was named by Alvarado-Ortega and Díaz-Cruz (2021). Its type specimen is IGM 7969, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is IGM-3889, Huehuetla quarry, which is in a Turonian marine marl in the Agua Nueva Formation of Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Hastichthys totonacus Alvarado-Ortega and Díaz-Cruz p. 4 figs. 2-9

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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
familyDercetidaeCope
genusHastichthysTaverne 1991
speciestotonacus

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 totonacus Alvarado-Ortega and Díaz-Cruz 2021
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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: Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Mexico (Puebla) Hastichthys totonacus (type locality: 127465)