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Gila esmeralda

Osteichthyes - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae

Taxonomy
Gila esmeralda was named by La Rivers (1966). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is BSN unnumbered, a partial skull, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Alum Mine, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial tuff in the Esmeralda Formation of Nevada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Gila esmeralda La Rivers p. 4 fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Otomorpha
superorderOstariophysiJordan and Evermann 1896
Otophysa
orderCypriniformesBleeker 1859
suborderCyprinoidei
familyCyprinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusGilaBaird and Girard 1853
speciesesmeralda

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.

Gila esmeralda La Rivers 1966
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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: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:40:14
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:32:02
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (Nevada) Gila esmeralda (type locality: 278118 278119)