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Farinichthys gigas

Osteichthyes - Albuliformes - Albulidae

Taxonomy
Farinichthys gigas was named by Gallo and De Figueiredo (2003). Its type specimen is MN 4571-V. Its type locality is Poty Quarry locality, near Recife, which is in a Paleocene carbonate marl in Brazil. It is the type species of Farinichthys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Farinichthys gigas Gallo and De Figueiredo p. 749

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Elopomorpha()
orderAlbuliformesGreenwood et al. 1966
familyAlbulidaeBleeker 1859
genusFarinichthys
speciesgigas

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.

†Farinichthys gigas Gallo and De Figueiredo 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Paleocene or 59.24000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Brazil (Pernambuco) Farinichthys gigas (type locality: 49305)