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Ctenoplectus williamsi
Taxonomy
Ctenoplectus williamsi was named by Close et al. (2016). Its type specimen is NHMUK PV P. 63336, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Greenways landfill, which is in a Ypresian marine claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Ctenoplectus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2016 | Ctenoplectus williamsi Close et al. p. 502 figs. Figures 1-3 |
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†Ctenoplectus williamsi Close et al. 2016
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. A. Close et al. 2016 | Tetraodontiform fish displaying the following unique combination of characters: series of greatly enlarged, broad, plate-like dorsal-fin spines and expanded, flattened supporting proximal radials inserting far anteriorly along the skull roof; proximal radials with posteroventral shaft overlapped by previous proximal radial; paired premaxillae and dentaries fully fused across their midlines, lacking sutures, anteriorly projecting bulge of teeth associated with fused premaxillae; tooth roots elongate with pointed tips; post-temporals present; well-developed, rodlike pelves; pleural ribs present; anterior abdominal vertebrae with prominent transverse processes. |
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||