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Cheirodopsis

Eurynotiformes - Amphicentridae

Taxonomy
Cheirodopsis was named by Traquair (1881) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Actinopterygii by Woodward (1891); to Amphicentridae by Gardiner (1969); and to Palaeonisciformes by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Cheirodopsis Traquair
1891Cheirodopsis Woodward p. 540
1969Cheirodopsis Gardiner
2002Cheirodopsis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderEurynotiformes
familyAmphicentridaeYoung 1866
genusCheirodopsisTraquair 1881

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.

G. †Cheirodopsis Traquair 1881
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Cheirodopsis geikiei Traquair 1881
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: base of the Arundian to the top of the Asbian or 345.00000 to 336.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arundian345.0 - 342.8United Kingdom (Scotland) C. geikei (90682)
Arundian345.0 - 342.8United Kingdom C. geikiei (140941)
Asbian339.4 - 336.0United Kingdom (Scotland) C. geikei (230308)