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Unamichthys

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)248207https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=248207
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Ichthyodectiformes : Unamichthys
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
superclassActinopterygii
classActinopteri
subclassNeopterygii
-TeleosteomorphaArratia et al. 2004
-Teleostei
-Osteossomorpha
orderIchthyodectiformesBardack and Sprinkle 1969
genusUnamichthysAlvarado-Ortega 2004
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Unamichthysgenusbelongs to Unamichthyidaestated with evidenceAlvarado-Ortega, 2004
Unamichthysgenusbelongs to Ichthyodectiformesstated with evidenceCavin et al., 2013
Unamichthysgenusbelongs to Ichthyodectidaestated without evidenceCantalice et al., 2019
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance109 - 100 Ma
Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance109 - 100 Ma
Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Ichthyodectiformes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ichthyodectiformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. Alvarado-Ortega. 2004. Description and Relationships of a New Ichthyodectiform Fish from the Tlayúa Formation (Early Cretaceous: Albian), Puebla, Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(4):802-813

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Unamichthys espinosai
species
listed (PBDB)1109 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
109 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2004Unamichthys Alvarado-Ortega
2013Unamichthys Cavin et al. p. 161
2019Unamichthys Cantalice et al. p. 434

References

Alvarado-Ortega J. (2004) Description and Relationships of a New Ichthyodectiform Fish from the Tlayúa Formation (Early Cretaceous: Albian), Puebla, Mexico, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24 4, 802-813
Cavin L., Forey P. L., et al (2013) Osteology of Eubiodectes libanicus (Pictet & Humbert, ) and some other ichthyodectiformes (Teleostei): phylogenetic implications, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11 2, 115-177 doi:10.1080/14772019.2012.691559
Cantalice K. M., Martinez-Melo A. M., et al (2019) The paleoichthyofauna housed in the Colección Nacional de Paleontología of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Zoosystematics and Evolution 95 2, 429-452 doi:10.3897/zse.95.35435
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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