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Cyranorhis bergeraci

Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae

Taxonomy
Cyranorhis bergeraci was named by Lund and Poplin (1997). Its type specimen is CM 40991, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Bear Gulch (Carnegie Museum Collection), which is in an Arnsbergian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Heath Formation of Montana. It is the type species of Cyranorhis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Cyranorhis bergeraci Lund and Poplin p. 476 figs. 14-20, 21.1F

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
suborderPalaeoniscoidei
familyRhadinichthyidaeRomer 1945
genusCyranorhis
speciesbergeraci

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.

†Cyranorhis bergeraci Lund and Poplin 1997
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:35:42
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:35:42
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Arnsbergian or 327.00000 to 323.70000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7USA (Montana) Cyranorhis bergeraci (type locality: 90681 116654 116657 116658 116659 116764 226838)