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Obaichthyidae

Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Obaichthyidae

Taxonomy
Obaichthyidae was named by Grande (2010).

It was assigned to Lepisosteoidea by López-Arbarello (2012); and to Lepisosteiformes by Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Obaichthyidae Grande
2012Obaichthyidae López-Arbarello
2016Obaichthyidae Nelson et al. p. 123

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
infraclassHolostei(Müller 1846)
Ginglymodi(Cope 1871)
orderLepisosteiformesHay 1929
suborderLepisosteioidei
superfamilyLepisosteoidea
familyObaichthyidaeGrande 2010
familyObaichthyidaeGrande 2010

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.

Fm. †Obaichthyidae Grande 2010
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G. †Dentilepisosteus Grande 2010
G. †Obaichthys Wenz and Brito 1992
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Obaichthys decoratus Wenz and Brito 1992
Obaichthys laevis Wenz and Brito 1992
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:27:01
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:32:18
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Cenomanian or 122.46000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Brazil (Ceará) Obaichthys decoratus, Obaichthys laevis (92290)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Algeria (Adrar) Obaichthys africanus (59578)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Algeria (Béchar) Dentilepisosteus kemkemensis, Obaichthys africanus (224512 224513)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) Stromerichthys sp., Osteichthyes indet. (132494)