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Cosmoptychiidae

Palaeonisciformes - Cosmoptychiidae

Taxonomy
Cosmoptychiidae was named by Gardiner (1963). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Palaeonisciformes by Štamberg (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Cosmoptychiidae Gardiner
1991Cosmoptychiidae Štamberg

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

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.

Fm. †Cosmoptychiidae Gardiner 1963
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G. †Cosmoptychius Traquair 1877
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†Cosmoptychius striatus Agassiz 1835
G. †Grassator Kazantseva 1968
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†Grassator bidens Kazantseva 1968
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 Pennsylvanian or 358.90000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk Krai) Grassator bidens (232962)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Russian Federation (Tuva) Grassator sp. (136207 230002)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2United Kingdom (Scotland) Cosmoptychius striatus (10658)
Visean346.7 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Cosmoptychius sp. (21323) Cosmoptychius striatus (176673)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Cosmoptychius 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) Cosmoptychius striatus (229937)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9United Kingdom Elonichthys striatus (140936 140938)