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Peltoperleidus macrodontus

Actinopteri - Louwoichthyiformes - Peltoperleididae

Taxonomy
Peltoperleidus macrodontus was named by Bürgin (1992). Its type specimen is PIMUZ T.3237, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Val Porina, Tessin collection, Monte San Giorgio, which is in an Illyrian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite/shale in the Besano Formation of Switzerland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Peltoperleidus macrodontus Bürgin p. 92 figs. 106-113
2004Peltoperleidus macrodontus Mutter and Herzog p. 797
2016Peltoperleidus macrodontus Tintori et al. p. 191 figs. 6A-E

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
orderLouwoichthyiformes
familyPeltoperleididae
genusPeltoperleidus
speciesmacrodontus

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 mobilec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:52:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: Illyrian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Switzerland Peltoperleidus macrodontus (type locality: 122058 122059)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Italy Peltoperleidus macrodontus (154334)
Illyrian - Fassanian247.2 - 235.0Switzerland Peltoperleidus macrodontus (122057)