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Chaohuperleidus primus

Actinopteri - Perleidiformes - Colobodontidae

Taxonomy
Chaohuperleidus primus was named by Sun et al. (2013). Its type specimen is GMPKU-P-1120, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is South Majiashan quarry (Nanlinghu Fm), which is in a Spathian basinal (siliciclastic) marl in the Nanlinghu Formation of China. It is the type species of Chaohuperleidus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Chaohuperleidus primus Sun et al. p. 278 figs. 2-7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
orderPerleidiformesBerg 1937
familyColobodontidaeStensiö 1916
genusChaohuperleidus
speciesprimus

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.

†Chaohuperleidus primus Sun et al. 2013
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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: Spathian or 251.30000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian251.3 - 247.2China (Anhui) Chaohuperleidus primus (type locality: 155584)