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Moythomasia

Actinopteri

Taxonomy
Moythomasia was named by Gross (1950) [Sepkoski's age data: D Eife D Fame Sepkoski's reference number: 2,502,916]. It is not extant. Its type is Aldingeria perforata.

It was assigned to Moythomasiidae by Kazantseva (1971); to Palaeonisciformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Actinopteri by Choo (2015).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Aldingeria Gross
1950Moythomasia Gross
1969Aldingeria Gardiner
1971Moythomasia Kazantseva
2002Moythomasia Sepkoski
2015Moythomasia Choo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
genusMoythomasiaGross 1950

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. †Moythomasia Gross 1950
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Moythomasia antiqua Gross 1953
Moythomasia devonica Clarke 1885
Moythomasia durgaringa Gardiner and Bartram 1977
Moythomasia laevigata Gross 1953
Moythomasia lineata Choo 2015
Moythomasia nitida Gross 1953
Moythomasia perforata Gross 1942
Moythomasia striata Gross 1953
Invalid names: Aldingeria Gross 1942 [replaced]
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 Late/Upper Givetian to the top of the Carboniferous or 388.10000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Belarus (Vitebsk) M. sp. (232958)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Belarus M. sp. (225881)
Late/Upper Givetian388.1 - 383.7Estonia M. sp. (225778)
Late/Upper Givetian388.1 - 383.7Belarus M. sp. (225888)
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian388.1 - 382.4Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) M. nitida, M. lineata (197071)
Givetian - Frasnian387.7 - 372.2USA (Iowa) M. sp. (226053)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Latvia (Koknese) Aldingeria perforata (197072)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Australia (Western Australia) M. durgaringa (170988 197263)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Iran M. devonica (226048)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Australia (Western Australia) M. durgarina (232512) M. durgaringa (136090 232511 232517)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Germany (Hesse) M. laevigata, M. striata (232992)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Australia (New South Wales) M. dungaringa (232510)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2USA (New York) M. antiqua (232991) Palaeoniscus devonicus (226073)
Late/Upper Devonian382.7 - 358.9USA (New York) Palaeoniscus devonicus (226072)
Middle Frasnian382.4 - 379.5Poland (Swietokrzyskie Voivodship) M. devonica (226394)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Canada (Ontario) M. devonica (226507)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9Afghanistan (Kabul) M. sp. (232508)
Middle Famennian370.6 - 364.7Russian Federation (Oryol Oblast) M. sp. (226045)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Russian Federation (Tula) M. sp. (225666)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Russian Federation (Tulskaya Oblast) M. sp. (176224)
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9Greenland (North Scoresby Land) Aldingeria biertheri (233033 233034 233035 233036 233037)