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Guiyu oneiros

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Guiyu oneiros was named by Zhu et al. (2009). Its type specimen is IVPP V15542.1-6, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kuanti Formation, Qujing County, Eastern Yunnan Province, which is in a Ludlow marine siltstone/shale in the Kuanti Formation of China. It is the type species of Guiyu.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Guiyu oneiros Zhu et al. p. 469 figs. Fig. 2-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
genusGuiyu
speciesoneiros

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.

Guiyu oneiros Zhu et al. 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Ludlow or 426.70000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7China (Yunnan) Guiyu oneiros (type locality: 27771)