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Scutatoclupea applegatei

Actinopteri - Ellimmichthyiformes - Paraclupeidae

Taxonomy
Triplomystus applegatei was named by Alvarado-Ortega and Ovalles-Damián (2008). Its type specimen is INAH 1941, a skeleton (nearly complete articulated skeleton missing distal parts of the limbs), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is El Espinal Quarry, which is in an Aptian paralic claystone/limestone in the Sierra Madre Formation of Mexico.

It was recombined as Scutatoclupea applegatei by Bannikov (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Triplomystus applegatei Alvarado-Ortega and Ovalles-Damián pp. 54-56 figs. 1-7
2015Scutatoclupea applegatei Bannikov p. 212

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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
superorderClupeomorpha
orderEllimmichthyiformes
familyParaclupeidaeChang and Chou 1977
subfamilyParaclupeinaeChang and Chou 1977
genusScutatoclupea
speciesapplegatei()

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.

Scutatoclupea applegatei Alvarado-Ortega and Ovalles-Damián 2008
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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 21:17:18
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:17:18
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Aptian or 125.00000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Mexico (Chiapas) Triplomystus applegatei (type locality: 68835)