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Obaichthys africanus
Taxonomy
Obaichthys africanus was named by Grande (2010). Its type specimen is BMNHP.66343, a partial skeleton (trunk region with articulated scales), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kem Kem beds (BMNH collection), which is in an Albian/Cenomanian marine sandstone in Morocco.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2010 | Obaichthys africanus Grande p. 687 figs. 480A-480I |
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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.
†Obaichthys africanus Grande 2010
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) | Obaichthys africanus (type locality: 221135) | |
| Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | Algeria (Adrar) | Obaichthys africanus (59578) | |
| Cenomanian | Algeria (Béchar) | Obaichthys africanus (224512 224513) | |
| Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian | Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) | Stromerichthys sp., Osteichthyes indet. (132494) |