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Progyrolepis tricessimalaris

Elonichthyiformes - Acrolepidae

Taxonomy
Progyrolepis tricessimalaris was named by Dunkle (1946). Its type specimen is MCZ 6619, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Progyrolepis tricessimalaris-type locality, Rattlesnake Canyon, which is in an Autunian terrestrial claystone in the Admiral Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Progyrolepis tricessimalaris Dunkle p. 403

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
—Actinopterygii()
orderElonichthyiformesKazantseva-Selezneva 1977
familyAcrolepidae
genusProgyrolepisFritsch 1893
speciestricessimalaris

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: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Autunian or 298.90000 to 283.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Autunian298.9 - 283.5USA (Texas) Progyrolepis tricessimalaris (type locality: 124982)