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Rhabdolepis macropterus

Palaeonisciformes

Taxonomy
Palaeoniscum macropterum was named by Bronn (1829). Its type specimen is NHMUK PV P.3453 and P.2072 counterpart, a skeleton (Nearly complete fish), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Amblypterus macropterus by Agassiz (1833); it was recombined as Elonichthys macropterus by Woodward (1891) and Hay (1902); it was recombined as Rhabdolepis macropterus by Troschel (1857) and Schultze et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Palaeoniscum macropterum Bronn
1833Amblypterus macropterus Agassiz pp. 3, 31 figs. Pl 3, figs 1-4
1857Rhabdolepis macropterus Troschel
1891Elonichthys macropterus Woodward p. 492
1902Elonichthys macropterus Hay p. 368
2021Rhabdolepis macropterus Schultze et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
genusRhabdolepisTroschel 1857
speciesmacropterus(Bronn 1829)

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.

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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Asselian or 298.90000 to 295.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Germany (Saarland) Rhabdolepis macropterus (180864 233028 233030)