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Solnhofenamia elongata

Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae

Taxonomy
Megalurus elongatus was named by Agassiz (1839). Its type specimen is BSP AS VII 324, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil.

It was recombined as Solnhofenamia elongata by Grande and Bemis (1998).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Megalurus elongatus Agassiz figs. Pl 51, figs 1,2
1843Megalurus elongatus Agassiz p. 148
1851Urocles polyspondylus Wagner
1863Urocles altivelis Wagner
1863Urocles elegantissimus Wagner
1998Solnhofenamia elongata Grande and Bemis p. 451

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
infraclassHolostei(Müller 1846)
orderAmiiformesHay 1929
familyAmiidae
subfamilySolnhofenamiinae
genusSolnhofenamia
specieselongata()

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.

Solnhofenamia elongata Agassiz 1839
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Invalid names: Urocles altivelis Wagner 1863 [synonym], Urocles elegantissimus Wagner 1863 [synonym], Urocles polyspondylus Wagner 1851 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: piscivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:51:40
Modified: 2013-12-06 11:51:31
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 155.70000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Solnhofenamia elongata (154138)