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Ammodytes hexapterus

Actinopteri - Ammodytidae

Taxonomy
Ammodytes hexapterus was named by Pallas (1814). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1814Ammodytes hexapterus Pallas
2012Ammodytes hexapterus Fierstine et al. p. 139
2015Ammodytes hexapterus Welton p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Percomorpha
—OvalentariaSmith and Near 2012
—Trachiniformes
familyAmmodytidae
genusAmmodytes
specieshexapterusPallas 1814

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.

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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 20:44:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:44:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Ammodytes hexapterus (52582)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Oregon) Ammodytes hexapterus (222407 222408 222409)