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Opistopteryx gracilis

Taxonomy
Mesogaster gracilis was named by Pictet (1850). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sach el Aalma (Boissier collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon. It is the type species of Opistopteryx.

It was recombined as Opistopteryx gracilis by Pictet and Humbert (1866), Davis (1887) and Woodward (1901).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Mesogaster gracilis Pictet p. 24 figs. Pl 3, fig 2
1866Opistopteryx gracilis Pictet and Humbert p. 80 figs. Pl 11, figs 1-4
1887Opistopteryx gracilis Davis p. 569
1901Opistopteryx gracilis Woodward p. 254

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
genusOpistopteryx
speciesgracilis()

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.

†Opistopteryx gracilis Pictet 1850
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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 Santonian or 85.80000 to 83.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Lebanon Mesogaster gracilis (221187) Opistopteryx gracilis (221226)