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Vallecillichthys multivertebratum

Actinopteri - Ichthyodectiformes

Taxonomy
Vallecillichthys multivertebratum was named by Blanco and Cavin (2003). Its type specimen is FCT-079, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vallecillo quarry (FCT collection), which is in a Turonian offshore limestone in the Agua Nueva Formation of Mexico. It is the type species of Vallecillichthys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Vallecillichthys multivertebratum Blanco and Cavin p. 303 fig. 2
2007Vallecillichthys multivertebratum Blanco-Piñón and J Alvarado-Ortega
2013Vallecillichthys multivertebratum Cavin et al. p. 161

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
orderIchthyodectiformesBardack and Sprinkle 1969
genusVallecillichthys
speciesmultivertebratum

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.

†Vallecillichthys multivertebratum Blanco and Cavin 2003
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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: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:09:47
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:23:33
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Mexico (Nuevo León) Vallecillichthys multivertebratum (type locality: 84950)