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Nolfia riachuelensis

Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei

Taxonomy
Nolfia riachuelensis was named by De Figueiredo (2009). Its type specimen is Pz. UERJ 110, a partial skeleton (incomplete fish lacking most of the skull), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Rosario do Catete, which is in an Albian marine shale in the Riachuelo Formation of Brazil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Nolfia riachuelensis De Figueiredo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otomorpha
—Clupei
orderClupeiformesBleeker 1859
familyClupeoidei(Bleeker 1859)
familyClupeidaeCuvier 1817
genusNolfiaTaverje 1976
speciesriachuelensis

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.

†Nolfia riachuelensis De Figueiredo 2009
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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: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:03:52
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:03:52
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Albian or 113.20000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.2 - 100.5Brazil (Sergipe) Nolfia riachuelensis (type locality: 140003)