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Xeneichthys yanesi

Actinopteri - Xeneichthyidae

Taxonomy
Xeneichthys yanesi was named by Arratia and González-Rodríguez (2024). Its type specimen is UAHMP 1063, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Muhi quarry, which is in an Albian/Cenomanian deep subtidal shelf lime mudstone in the El Doctor Formation of Mexico. It is the type species of Xeneichthys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Xeneichthys yanesi Arratia and González-Rodríguez p. 5 figs. 3-11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
familyXeneichthyidae
genusXeneichthys
speciesyanesi

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.

†Xeneichthys yanesi Arratia and González-Rodríguez 2024
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:52:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Albian to the top of the Cenomanian or 113.00000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9Mexico (Hidalgo) Xeneichthys yanesi (type locality: 135815)