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Hastichthys gracilis

Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Dercetidae

Taxonomy
Rhynchodercetis gracilis was named by Chalifa (1989). Its type specimen is HUJEY 330, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 'Ein Yabrud quarries, which is in a Cenomanian shallow subtidal limestone in the Bet Meir or Amminadav Formation of Palestinian Territory. It is the type species of Hastichthys.

It was recombined as Hastichthys gracilis by Alvarado-Ortega and Díaz-Cruz (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Rhynchodercetis gracilis Chalifa p. 315 figs. 1-5
2003Rhynchodercetis gracilis Forey et al. p. 229
2021Hastichthys gracilis Alvarado-Ortega and Díaz-Cruz p. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Aulopa
orderAulopiformesRosen 1973
suborderIchthyotringoideiGoody 1969
familyDercetidaeCope
genusHastichthysTaverne 1991
speciesgracilis()

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.

†Hastichthys gracilis Chalifa 1989
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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 20:54:50
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:54:50
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Middle Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Palestinian Territory Rhynchodercetis gracilis (type locality: 11804)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Lebanon Rhynchodercetis gracilis (124426)