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Eosalmo driftwoodensis

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Eosalmo species

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Salmoniformes 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors/Superordo: Protacanthopterygii
Ordo: Salmoniformes

Familia: Salmonidae
Subfamilia: Salmoninae
Genus: †Eosalmo
Species: †Eosalmo driftwoodensis

Name

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Eosalmo driftwoodensis Wilson, 1977

  • Holotype: ROM 1 1 178 A and B (Fig. 16a), an almost complete fish in part and counterpart with standard length of 307 mm, collected by the author in 1971. [Wilson, 1977: 16.]
  • Topotype: ROM1 1 172 through 1 1 176, collected by the author in 1970 and 1971; NMC 21 100, a caudal peduncle, collected by E. J. Lees in 1936; and UA 12326 and 12327, collected by the author in 1975. The most complete specimens other than the holotype are ROM 11172 and 11174, and UA 12326 and 12327. [Wilson, 1977: 16.]
  • Type locality: The Middle Eocene Driftwood Creek fossil beds (L96), a few miles east of Smithers, British Columbia, Canada. [Wilson, 1977: 16.]

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