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Cosmoptychius

Palaeonisciformes - Cosmoptychiidae

Taxonomy
Cosmoptychius was named by Traquair (1877) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is not extant. Its type is Amblypterus striatus.

It was assigned to Cosmoptychiidae by Gardiner (1963); and to Palaeonisciformes by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
C. striatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Cosmoptychius Traquair
1963Cosmoptychius Gardiner
2002Cosmoptychius Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
familyCosmoptychiidaeGardiner 1963
genusCosmoptychiusTraquair 1877

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. †Cosmoptychius Traquair 1877
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†Cosmoptychius striatus Agassiz 1835
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 Asbian to the top of the Pennsylvanian or 340.00000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2United Kingdom (Scotland) C. striatus (10658)
Visean346.7 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) C. sp. (21323) C. striatus (176673)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (Scotland) C. striatus (230369 230413 230452 230471 230472 230473 230474 230477 230478 230479 230480) Elonichthys striatus (229831 229972 229974 230308)
Asbian - Brigantian340.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) C. striatus (229937)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9United Kingdom Elonichthys striatus (140936 140938)