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Phyllodus toliapicus

Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae

Taxonomy
Phyllodus toliapicus was named by Agassiz (1839). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Farmingdale, which is in a Bartonian marine sandstone in the Shark River Formation of New Jersey.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Phyllodus toliapicus Agassiz figs. Pl 69a, figs 1-3
1843Phyllodus toliapicus Agassiz p. 239
1946Phyllodus toliapicus Casier p. 138
1966Phyllodus toliapicus Casier p. 228
1998Phyllodus toliapicus Weems p. 151
1999Phyllodus toliapicus Weems p. 58
2019Phyllodus toliapicus Ebersole et al. p. 160

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Elopocephalai
Elopocephala
Elopomorpha()
orderElopiformesSauvage 1875
familyPhyllodontidaeSauvage 1875
genusPhyllodus
speciestoliapicus

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.

Phyllodus toliapicus Agassiz 1839
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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 21:12:52
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:12:52
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Lancian to the top of the Bartonian or 70.60000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Phyllodus toliapicus (75280)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Virginia) Phyllodus toliapicus (60908)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (South Carolina) Phyllodus toliapicus (152240)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium Phyllodus toliapicus (219001 219005)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Phyllodus toliapicus (13299)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium (Brabant) Phyllodus toliapicus (188444)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Phyllodus toliapicus (81179 209524)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Virginia) Phyllodus toliapicus (84055)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Virginia) Phyllodus toliapicus (15595)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Mississippi) Phyllodus toliapicus (164192)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (New Jersey) Phyllodus toliapicus (type locality: 84022)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Phyllodus toliapicus (81266)