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Pteronisculus gyrolepidoides

Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae

Taxonomy
Glaucolepis gyrolepidoides was named by Stensiö (1921). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Mt. Congress, lowest Triassic bone-bed, which is in a Dienerian marine siliciclastic in Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

It was recombined as Pteronisculus gyrolepidoides by Argyriou et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Glaucolepis gyrolepidoides Stensiö p. 201 figs. Pl. 25, Figs. 1,2
1942Glaucolepis gyrolepidoides Nielsen p. 275
2022Pteronisculus gyrolepidoides Argyriou et al. p. 25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
suborderPalaeoniscoidei
familyRhadinichthyidaeRomer 1945
genusPteronisculus
speciesgyrolepidoides()

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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Smithian or 251.30000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Svalbard and Jan Mayen Glaucolepis gyrolepidoides (120303)
Dienerian250.5 - 251.2Svalbard and Jan Mayen Glaucolepis gyrolepidoides (type locality: 120223)