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Arcodonichthys pasiegae

Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes

Taxonomy
Arcodonichthys pasiegae was named by Poyato-Ariza and Bermúdez-Rochas (2007). Its type specimen is MGM-10900C, a set of teeth (vomerine tooth plate), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vega de Pas 1 locality, which is in a Cretaceous lacustrine mudstone in the Vega de Pas Formation of Spain. It is the type species of Arcodonichthys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Arcodonichthys pasiegae Poyato-Ariza and Bermúdez-Rochas

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
orderPycnodontiformesBerg 1937
genusArcodonichthys
speciespasiegae

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.

†Arcodonichthys pasiegae Poyato-Ariza and Bermúdez-Rochas 2007
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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: durophageo
Diet 2: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:40:08
Modified: 2013-12-06 12:04:31
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Cretaceous or 145.00000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0Spain (Cantabria) Arcodonichthys pasiegae (type locality: 136002)