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Mesolepis microptera

Palaeonisciformes - Platysomidae

Taxonomy
Mesolepis microptera was named by Traquair (1879). Its type specimen is NMS 1909.69 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Knowles Ironstone, Fenton, which is in a Moscovian mire/swamp ironstone in the Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Mesolepis microptera Traquair

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
suborderPlatysomoidei()
familyPlatysomidae
genusMesolepisYoung 1866
speciesmicropteraTraquair 1879

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.

†Mesolepis microptera Traquair 1879
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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: Moscovian or 315.20000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0United Kingdom (England) Mesolepis microptera (type locality: 229497)