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Naxilepis

Taxonomy
Naxilepis was named by Wang and Dong (1989). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Osteichthyes by Cui et al. (2019).

Species
N. gracilis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Naxilepis Wang and Dong
2019Naxilepis Cui et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
RankNameAuthor
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
genusNaxilepis

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. †Naxilepis Wang and Dong 1989
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†Naxilepis gracilis Wang and Dong 1989
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Homerian to the top of the Ludfordian or 430.50000 to 423.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Homerian430.5 - 427.4China (Junnan) N. gracilis (182556)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0China (Yunnan) N. gracilis (27796)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0China (Junnan) N. gracilis (182558)