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  • Redfieldius gracilis


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    Taxonomy

    Ray Finned Fishes

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Palaeonisciformes
    Order: Redfieldioidei
    Family: Redfieldiidae
    Genus: Redfieldius
    Species: Redfieldius gracilis
    Author Citation 1837Catopterus gracilis Redfield 1899 - Redfieldius gracilis Hay p. 789

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Mesozoic
    Period: Jurassic
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Early
    International Age: Hettangian

    Stratigraphy

    Newark Supergroup, Hartford Basin
    Shuttle Meadow Formation

    Provenance

    Collector: Tim Jones
    Date Collected: 05/06/2012
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Length: 14 cm
    Width: 4 cm

    Location

    Middlesex County
    Connecticut
    United States

    Comments

    Nearly complete fossil of Redfieldius gracilis.

    Missing only the anterior portion of skull and jaw.

     

    Early Jurassic, (Hettangian)
    Newark Supergroup, Hartford Basin, Shuttle Meadow Formation.

     

    Counterpart in second image.

     

     

     




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