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Lophionotus kanabensis

Actinopteri - Semionotiformes

Taxonomy
Lophionotus kanabensis was named by Gibson (2013). Its type specimen is AMNH 8870, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonyms
  • Semionotus kanabensis was named by Schaeffer and Dunkle (1950). Its type specimen is A.M.N.H. No. 8870, a skeleton (complete fish with uncrushed skull), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Kanab Canyon, which is in a Norian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Chinle Formation of Utah.

    It was synonymized objectively with Lophionotus kanabensis by Gibson (2013).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Semionotus kanabensis Schaeffer and Dunkle p. 4
2013Lophionotus kanabensis Gibson

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
infraclassHolostei(Müller 1846)
—Ginglymodi(Cope 1871)
orderSemionotiformes
genusLophionotus
specieskanabensis

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.

†Lophionotus kanabensis Gibson 2013
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Invalid names: Semionotus kanabensis Schaeffer and Dunkle 1950 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: durophageo
Diet 2: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:41:44
Modified: 2013-12-06 12:03:17
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Norian or 227.30000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (Utah) Semionotus kanabensis (81265)