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Mentzichthys jubbi
Taxonomy
Mentzichthys jubbi was named by Gardiner (1969). Its type specimen is Geological Survey of South Africa, Pretoria, a partial skeleton (a tolerably complete fish with tail and tip of the snout missing), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Schiethoogte 279, which is in a Tournaisian lacustrine - large mudstone/marl in the Waaiport Formation of South Africa.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1969 | Mentzichthys jubbi Gardiner |
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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.
†Mentzichthys jubbi Gardiner 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Tournaisian or 358.90000 to 346.70000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tournaisian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Mentzichthys jubbi (type locality: 226927) |