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Aipichthys minor

Actinopteri - Aipichthyidae

Taxonomy
Platax minor was named by Pictet (1850). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hakel (Boissier collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal carbonate in Lebanon.

It was recombined as Aipichthys minor by Patterson (1964) and Otero and Gayet (1996).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Platax minor Pictet p. 19 figs. Pl 2, fig 4
1866Platax minor Pictet and Humbert p. 48 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-3
1887Platax brevis Davis p. 524 figs. Pl 25, fig 4
1887Platax minor Davis p. 524
1964Aipichthys minor Patterson p. 393
1996Aipichthys minor Otero and Gayet p. 315

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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)
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
superfamilyAipichthyoidea
familyAipichthyidae
genusAipichthysSteindachner 1860
speciesminor()

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.

Aipichthys minor Pictet 1850
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Invalid names: Platax brevis Davis 1887 [synonym]
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Lebanon Aipichthys minor (69118 213132 221062) Aipichthys minor, Platax brevis (216596) Platax minor (221186 221227)