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Changxingia aspratilis

Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Mawsoniidae

Taxonomy
Changxingia aspratilis was named by Wang and Liu (1981). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Southern Slopes of Tameishan, Changxing District, which is in a Changhsingian marine lime mudstone in the Changxing Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Changxingia aspratilis Wang and Liu p. 312
1998Changxingia aspratilis Forey p. 347
2004Changxingia aspratilis Schultze p. 486

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
classCoelacanthimorpha
orderCoelacanthiformesBerg 1937
suborderLatimeroideiSchultze 1993
familyMawsoniidaeSchultze 1993
genusChangxingia
speciesaspratilis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Changxingia aspratilis Wang and Liu 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Changhsingian or 254.17000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Zhejiang) Changxingia aspratilis (type locality: 123522)