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Nusaviichthys nerivelai

Actinopteri - Crossognathiformes - Notelopidae

Taxonomy
Nusaviichthys nerivelai was named by Alvarado-Ortega and Alves (2022). Its type specimen is IGM 12995, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Site IGM-2772, Tlayúa Quarry, which is in an Albian/Albian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Tlayúa Formation of Mexico. It is the type species of Nusaviichthys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Nusaviichthys nerivelai Alvarado-Ortega and Alves p. 4 figs. 2-11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
orderCrossognathiformesTaverne 1989
suborderPachyrhizodontoideiForey 1977
familyNotelopidaeForey 1977
genusNusaviichthys
speciesnerivelai

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.

Nusaviichthys nerivelai Alvarado-Ortega and Alves 2022
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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 21:12:03
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:12:03
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Albian or 110.10000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian110.1 - 100.5Mexico (Puebla) Nusaviichthys nerivelai (133545 136733 138747 type locality: 221635 221637 221638)