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Lepidotes toombsi

Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes

Taxonomy
Lepidotes toombsi was named by Jain and Robinson (1963). Its type specimen is BMNH P.25180, a partial skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Manea, near Ely, which is in a Kimmeridgian marine horizon in the Kimmeridge Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Lepidotes toombsi Jain and Robinson p. 131 figs. pls. 2-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
infraclassHolostei(Müller 1846)
—Ginglymodi(Cope 1871)
orderLepisosteiformesHay 1929
genusLepidotes
speciestoombsi

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.

†Lepidotes toombsi Jain and Robinson 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:27:01
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:32:18
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Kimmeridgian or 157.30000 to 152.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1United Kingdom Lepidotes toombsi (type locality: 133424)