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Mcconichthys ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	247547	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=247547

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Anacanthini : Mcconichthyidae : Mcconichthys

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
superclass	Actinopterygii
class	Actinopteri
subclass	Neopterygii
-	Teleosteomorpha	Arratia et al. 2004
-	Teleostei
-	Euteleostei	Rosen 1973
superorder	Paracanthopterygii	Greenwood et al. 1966
order	Anacanthini
family	Mcconichthyidae	Grande 1988
genus	Mcconichthys	Grande 1988

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Mcconichthys	genus	belongs to Mcconichthyidae	stated with evidence	Grande, 1988

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 56.0 Ma
Paleocene

Last Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 56.0 Ma
Paleocene

Environment

marine (based on Vertebrata)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Actinopterygii)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

L. Grande. 1988. A Well Preserved Paracanthopterygian Fish (Teleostei) from Freshwater Lower Paleocene Deposits of Montana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8(2):117-130

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1988	Mcconichthys Grande

References

Grande L. (1988) A Well Preserved Paracanthopterygian Fish (Teleostei) from Freshwater Lower Paleocene Deposits of Montana, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8 2, 117-130

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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