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Clupea guestfalica

Osteichthyes - Clupeiformes - Clupeidae

Taxonomy
Clupea guestfalica was named by von der Marck (1858). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Area around Sendenhorst, which is in a Campanian carbonate lime mudstone in the Ahlen Formation of Germany.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. humulis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Clupea guestfalica von der Marck p. 250

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otomorpha
superorderClupei
orderClupeiformesBleeker 1859
suborderClupeoidei(Bleeker 1859)
familyClupeidaeCuvier 1817
genusClupea
speciesguestfalica

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.

†Clupea guestfalica von der Marck 1858
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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 21:03:52
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:03:52
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany Clupea guestfalica (type locality: 221711)