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Fisherichthys folmeri
Taxonomy
Fisherichthys folmeri was named by Weems (1999). Its type specimen is USNM 496271, a partial skull (pharyngeal plate with teeth), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fisher/Sullivan Site, which is in a Wasatchian marine horizon in the Nanjemoy Formation of Virginia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1999 | Fisherichthys folmeri Weems p. 63 |
| 2019 | Fisherichthys folmeri Ebersole et al. p. 178 |
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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.
†Fisherichthys folmeri Weems 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Bartonian or 55.80000 to 38.00000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ypresian - Lutetian | USA (Alabama) | Fisherichthys folmeri (81179) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (Virginia) | Fisherichthys folmeri (type locality: 15595) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Alabama) | Fisherichthys folmeri (81266) |