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Atractosteus falipoui

Osteichthyes - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae

Taxonomy
Oniichthys falipoui was named by Cavin and Brito (2001). Its type specimen is MDE F13, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Oniichthys falipoui-type locality [PROXY], which is in an Albian/Cenomanian terrestrial horizon in Morocco.

It was recombined as Atractosteus falipoui by Grande (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by G. Lloyd on 2012-02-11

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Oniichthys falipoui Cavin and Brito p. 662 figs. 2-6
2010Atractosteus falipoui Grande

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygiiRegan 1923
Ginglymodi(Cope 1871)
orderLepisosteiformesHay 1929
suborderLepisosteioidei
superfamilyLepisosteoidea
familyLepisosteidaeCuvier 1825
genusAtractosteusRafinesque 1820
speciesfalipoui()

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.

Atractosteus falipoui Cavin and Brito 2001
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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 21:27:01
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:32:18
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 106.30000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Morocco (DrĂ¢a-Tafilalet) Oniichthys falipoui (type locality: 124314)