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Eoexocoetus eocenicus

Actinopteri - Beloniformes - Hemiramphidae

Taxonomy
Hemiexocoetus eocenicus was named by David (1946). Its type specimen is CIT 10324, a dermal scale, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Hemiexocoetus, Eoexocoetus.

It was recombined as Eoexocoetus eocenicus by David (1947).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Hemiexocoetus eocenicus David p. 59
1947Eoexocoetus eocenicus David p. 203

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
RankNameAuthor
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Carangimorpharia
—Ovalentariae
superorderAtherinomorphae()
orderBeloniformes
suborderExocoetoidei
familyHemiramphidae
genusEoexocoetus
specieseocenicus()

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.

†Eoexocoetus eocenicus David 1946
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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: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:57:04
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:57:04
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 47.80000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9USA (California) Hemiexocoetus eocenicus (190999 191001 191006 191008 191014 191016)