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Limnomis delaneyi

Actinopteri

Taxonomy
Limnomis delaneyi was named by Daeschler (2000). Its type specimen is ANSP 20644, a skull, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Red Hill, which is in a Famennian pond siltstone in the Catskill Formation of Pennsylvania. It is the type species of Limnomis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Limnomis delaneyi Daeschler
2004Limnomis delaneyi Cloutier and Arratia

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
genusLimnomis
speciesdelaneyiDaeschler 2000

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Limnomis delaneyi Daeschler 2000
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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: Late/Upper Famennian or 364.70000 to 360.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7USA (Pennsylvania) Limnomis delaneyi (type locality: 225608)