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Rhipis tuberculatus

Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Mawsoniidae

Taxonomy
Rhipis tuberculatus was named by Casier (1965). Its type specimen is 11.141 RPMT and is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Rhipis tuberculatus Casier p. 44
1998Rhipis tuberculatus Forey p. 357
2004Rhipis tuberculatus Schultze p. 487

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
classCoelacanthimorpha
orderCoelacanthiformesBerg 1937
suborderLatimeroideiSchultze 1993
familyMawsoniidaeSchultze 1993
genusRhipisSaint-Seine 1950
speciestuberculatus

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.

†Rhipis tuberculatus Casier 1965
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988
Collections
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