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Nematoptychius

Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae

Taxonomy
Nematoptychius was named by Traquair (1875) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour Sepkoski's reference number: 1066].

It was assigned to Palaeoniscidae by Woodward (1891).

Species
N. greenocki

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Nematoptychius Traquair
1891Nematoptychius Woodward p. 457

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
suborderPalaeoniscoidei
familyPalaeoniscidaeVogt 1852
genusNematoptychiusTraquair 1875

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.

G. †Nematoptychius Traquair 1875
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†Nematoptychius greenocki Traquair 1866
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: base of the Asbian to the top of the Pendleian or 340.00000 to 327.00000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (Scotland) N. greenocki (229831 229837 229972 230369 230374 230413 230444 230454 230471 230472 230473 230474 230477 230478 230479 230480)
Asbian - Brigantian340.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) N. greenocki (229937 230377 230397 230417 230426 230449 230450 230457 230464) N. sp. (229861)
Asbian - Brigantian340.0 - 330.9USA (Scotland) N. greenocki (230375)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) N. greenocki (229839 229857 230371)
Brigantian - Pendleian336.0 - 327.0United Kingdom (Scotland) N. greenocki (230376)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0United Kingdom (Scotland) N. greenocki (174421 225499)
Pendleian - Arnsbergian330.9 - 323.7United Kingdom (Scotland) N. greenocki (229829)