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Kreyenhagenius joaquinensis

Actinopteri - Kurtiformes - Denticidae

Taxonomy
Kreyenhagenius joaquinensis was named by David (1946). Its type specimen is CIT 10318, a dermal scale, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Seaboard Oil Corp.,Gill No. 1 (3935 ft and deeper assemblages), which is in an Eocene/Eocene marine shale in the Kreyenhagen Formation of California. It is the type species of Kreyenhagenius.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Kreyenhagenius joaquinensis David p. 70 figs. Plate 3, fig 4; text-fig. 7c-d

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Osteoglossocephalai
RankNameAuthor
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
Euacanthomorphacea
Percomorphaceae
Gobiomorpharia
orderKurtiformes
familyDenticidae
genusKreyenhagenius
speciesjoaquinensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:44:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:44:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 47.80000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9USA (California) Kreyenhagenius joaquinensis (191002 type locality: 191006 191016)