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Apateodus lanceolatus

Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Ichthyotringidae

Taxonomy
Apateodus lanceolatus was named by Woodward (1901). Its type specimen is BMNH 39080, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dover (Holaster subglobosus zone, Bowerbank collection), which is in a Cenomanian/Cenomanian carbonate chalk in the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Apateodus lanceolatus Woodward p. 264 figs. pl. xiii, fig. 7
1902Apateodus lanceolatus Woodward p. 41

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Aulopa
orderAulopiformesRosen 1973
suborderIchthyotringoideiGoody 1969
familyIchthyotringidaeJordan 1905
genusApateodus
specieslanceolatus

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.

†Apateodus lanceolatus Woodward 1901
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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 20:54:50
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:54:50
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Apateodus lanceolatus (type locality: 222568)