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Pseudobeaconia cuyana

Actinopteri - Louwoichthyiformes - Pseudobeaconiidae

Taxonomy
Cleithrolepis cuyana was named by Bordas (1944). Its type specimen is MACN 14879, a set of postcrania (poorly preserved and incomplete postcranium), and it is a compression fossil.

It was recombined as Pseudobeaconia cuyana by López-Arbarello et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Cleithrolepis cuyana Bordas
2010Pseudobeaconia cuyana López-Arbarello et al. pp. 258-259 figs. Text-figure 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
orderLouwoichthyiformes
familyPseudobeaconiidae
genusPseudobeaconiaBordas 1944
speciescuyana(Bordas 1944)

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.

Pseudobeaconia cuyana Bordas 1944
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. López-Arbarello et al. 2010A species of Pseudobeaconia differing from all the other species of this genus in the following combination of characters: three dorsal and four ventral caudal basal fulcra; four dorsal and three ventral dorsal precaudal scutes.
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: Late/Upper Triassic or 237.00000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Argentina (Mendoza) Pseudobeaconia cuyana (117881)