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Daninia spinosa

Actinopteri - Perleidiformes

Taxonomy
Daninia spinosa was named by Lombardo (2001). Its type specimen is MCSNIO P668, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Cà del Frate, Viggiù, Monte San Giorgio, which is in a Longobardian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Meride Formation of Italy. It is the type species of Daninia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Daninia spinosa Lombardo p. 362 figs. 14-17; pl 2D-F

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
orderPerleidiformesBerg 1937
genusDaninia
speciesspinosa

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Daninia spinosa Lombardo 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:52:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: Longobardian or 242.00000 to 235.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Switzerland Ophiopsis lepturus (122020)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Italy Daninia spinosa (type locality: 116568)