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Quetzalichthys perrilliatae
Taxonomy
Quetzalichthys perrilliatae was named by Alvarado-Ortega and Espinosa-Arrubarrena (2008). Its type specimen is IGM 8592, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Site IGM-2432, Tlayúa Quarry, which is in an Albian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Tlayúa Formation of Mexico. It is the type species of Quetzalichthys.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2008 | Quetzalichthys perrilliatae Alvarado-Ortega and Espinosa-Arrubarrena |
2019 | Quetzalichthys perrilliatae Cantalice et al. p. 433 |
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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.
†Quetzalichthys perrilliatae Alvarado-Ortega and Espinosa-Arrubarrena 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available