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Tanypterichthys pridensis

Paleonisciformes

Taxonomy
Tanypterichthys pridensis was named by Weems and Windolph (1986). Its type specimen is USNM 391949, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Camp Creek, which is in a Mississippian marine carbonate/limestone in the Bluestone Formation of West Virginia. It is the type species of Tanypterichthys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Tanypterichthys pridensis Weems and Windolph p. 595 figs. Figs. 3-11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPaleonisciformes
genusTanypterichthys
speciespridensis

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.

†Tanypterichthys pridensis Weems and Windolph 1986
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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: Late/Upper Mississippian or 330.90000 to 323.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Mississippian330.9 - 323.2USA (West Virginia) Tanypterichthys pridensis (type locality: 124197)