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Lasalichthys otischalkensis

Palaeonisciformes - Redfieldiidae

Taxonomy
Lasalichthys otischalkensis was named by Gibson (2018). Its type specimen is NMMNH P-44698, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Schaeffer Fish Quarry, Otis Chalk, which is in a Carnian/Norian fluvial-lacustrine siltstone in the Colorado City Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Lasalichthys otischalkensis Gibson

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
suborderRedfieldioidei(Berg 1955)
familyRedfieldiidaeHutchinson 1973
genusLasalichthys
speciesotischalkensis

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: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:35:42
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:35:42
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Carnian to the top of the Norian or 237.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5USA (Texas) Lasalichthys otischalkensis (type locality: 135713)