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Ramallichthys orientalis

Actinopteri - Gonorhynchiformes - Gonorhynchidae

Taxonomy
Ramallichthys orientalis was named by Gayet (1982). Its type specimen is HUJ AJ.386, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 'Ein Yabrud quarries, which is in a Cenomanian shallow subtidal limestone in the Bet Meir or Amminadav Formation of Palestine. It is the type species of Ramallichthys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Ramallichthys orientalis Gayet p. 405 fig. 1
1986Ramallichthys orientalis Gayet p. 14 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-4; pl 2, figs 1-5; text-figs 1,6-12,14,18,22,25-28,30,31,34A,35,36,37,40-42

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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
—Otocephala
superorderOstariophysiJordan and Evermann 1896
—Anotophysa(Rosen and Greenwood 1970)
orderGonorhynchiformes
suborderGonorhynchoidei
familyGonorhynchidaeGunther 1868
genusRamallichthys
speciesorientalis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:22:40
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:35:51
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Palestine Ramallichthys orientalis (type locality: 11804)