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Sceletophorus biserialis

Palaeonisciformes - Sceletophoridae

Taxonomy
Sceletophorus biserialis was named by Fritsch (1895) [Lectotype designated by Štamberg 1983]. It is not extant. Its type specimen is NMP M 887, 893, 1264, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Třemošná , which is in a Moscovian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Kladno Formation of the Czech Republic.

Synonyms
  • Phanerosteon pauper was named by Fritsch (1894). It is not extant.

    It was recombined as Gymnoniscus pauper by Berg (1936); it was synonymized subjectively with Sceletophorus biserialis by Westoll (1944).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Phanerosteon pauper Fritsch p. 92 fig. 287
1895Phanerosteon pauper Fritsch
1895Sceletophorus biserialis Fritsch
1936Gymnoniscus pauper Berg p. 345

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
familySceletophoridaeŠtamberg 2006
genusSceletophorusFritsch 1894
speciesbiserialisFritsch 1895

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.

†Sceletophorus biserialis Fritsch 1895
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Invalid names: Phanerosteon pauper Fritsch 1894 [synonym]
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: Moscovian or 315.20000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Czech Republic Sceletophorus biserialis (type locality: 125662)