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Knightia eocaena

Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei

Taxonomy

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Clupea humilis Leidy
1857Clupea humilis Leidy p. 90
1873Clupea humilis Leidy p. 195
1877Diplomystus humilis Cope p. 811
1901Diplomystus humilis Woodward p. 144
1902Diplomystus humilis Hay p. 391
1907Knightia eocaena Jordan p. 136
1929Clupea humilis Pauca p. 27
1947Knightia eocaena Schaeffer p. 17

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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
Otomorpha
Clupei
orderClupeiformesBleeker 1859
familyClupeoidei(Bleeker 1859)
familyClupeidaeCuvier 1817
subfamilyPellonulinae
genusKnightia
specieseocaena

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.

Knightia eocaena Jordan 1907
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Invalid names: Clupea humilis Leidy 1856 [replaced]
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 21:03:52
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:03:52
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Wasatchian or 55.80000 to 50.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Knightia eocaena (15853)