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Moythomasia lineata

Actinopteri

Taxonomy
Moythomasia lineata was named by Choo (2015). Its type specimen is NRM P.4848, a partial skeleton (Anterior one-third of a large specimen split into part and counterpart), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Heiligenstock Quarry, which is in a Givetian/Frasnian marine limestone/shale in the Oberer Plattenkalk Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Moythomasia lineata Choo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
genusMoythomasiaGross 1950
specieslineata

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.

Moythomasia lineata Choo 2015
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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: or 382.40000 to 380.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian380.2 - 382.4Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Moythomasia lineata (type locality: 197071)