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Cycloptychius

Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae

Taxonomy
Cycloptychius was named by Young (1866) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour C u Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Palaeoniscidae by Woodward (1891); and to Palaeonisciformes by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Cycloptychius Young
1891Cycloptychius Woodward p. 459
2002Cycloptychius Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
suborderPalaeoniscoidei
familyPalaeoniscidaeVogt 1852
genusCycloptychiusYoung 1866

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. †Cycloptychius Young 1866
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Cycloptychius bidens Matveeva 1958
Cycloptychius concentricus Traquair 1881
Cycloptychius loocki Evans 2005
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:35:42
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:35:42
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Tournaisian to the top of the Artinskian or 358.90000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk Krai) C. bidens (232962)
Arundian346.7 - 340.0United Kingdom (Scotland) C. concentricus (90682)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (Scotland) C. concentricus (230308 230309)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0United Kingdom C. carbonarius (137310)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3South Africa (Northern Cape) C. loocki (231842)