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Ptycholepis marshii

Ptycholepiformes - Ptycholepididae

Taxonomy
Ptycholepis marshi was named by Newberry (1878). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Durham fish locality (main), Totoket Mountain, which is in a Hettangian lacustrine - small siltstone in the Shuttle Meadow Formation of Connecticut.

It was corrected as Ptycholepis marshii by Hay (1902) and Schaeffer et al. (1975).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Ptycholepis marshi Newberry
1902Ptycholepis marshii Hay p. 378
1975Ptycholepis marshii Schaeffer et al. p. 207

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
Actinopterygii()
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
orderPtycholepiformes
familyPtycholepididaeBrough 1939
genusPtycholepis
speciesmarshii(Newberry 1878)

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.

Ptycholepis marshii Newberry 1878
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
B. Schaeffer et al. 1975Differs from other species of Ptycholepis in having combined maximum width of parietals nearly equal to length and in having posterolateral corners of parietals extended posteriorly. Maxilla expanded postorbitally as in P. barboi; median gular extending to posterior border of mandible, lateral gulars mostly covered by median gular; six branchiostegals; dermal bone ornamentation weak to strong; origin of dorsal fin at fourteenth scale row; gradual change from rhomboidal to narrow flank scales in first five vertical scale rows.