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Oncorhynchus salax

Osteichthyes - Salmoniformes - Salmonidae

Taxonomy
Oncorhynchus salax was named by Smith (1975). Its type specimen is UMMP 62100, a partial skull (an incomplete skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shoofly Creek, which is in a Pliocene fluvial horizon in the Glenns Ferry Formation of Idaho.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. clarki, O. tachawytscha

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Oncorhynchus salax Smith

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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
—Euteleosteomorpha
—Protacanthopterygii()
orderSalmoniformesBleeker 1859
familySalmonidaeCuvier 1816
genusOncorhynchusSuckley 1860
speciessalax

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.

†Oncorhynchus salax Smith 1975
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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 21:40:35
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:40:35
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (Idaho) Oncorhynchus salax (type locality: 238032)