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Gimlichthys dawaziensis

Actinopteri

Taxonomy
Gimlichthys dawaziensis was named by Sun et al. (2016). Its type specimen is GMPKU-P-1627, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Dawazi village, Luoping County (GMPKU collection), which is in a Pelsonian carbonate limestone in the Guanling Formation of China. It is the type species of Gimlichthys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Gimlichthys dawaziensis Sun et al. p. 146 figs. 8-12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
genusGimlichthys
speciesdawaziensis

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.

†Gimlichthys dawaziensis Sun et al. 2016
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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: Pelsonian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0China Gimlichthys dawaziensis (type locality: 117939)