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Stenopterygius macrophasma

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Stenopterygius macrophasma was named by McGowan (1979). It is not extant. Its type locality is Holzmaden, NHM specimen, epsilon II/4?, which is in a Toarcian marine shale in the Posidonia Shale Formation of Germany.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. eos, S. intercedens

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Stenopterygius macrophasma McGowan
2003Stenopterygius macrophasma McGowan and Motani

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Ichthyosauromorpha
—Ichthyosauriformes
—Ichthyopterygia(Owen 1840)
—Eoichthyosauria
—Ichthyosauria(de Blainville 1835)
—Thunnosauria
genusStenopterygiusJaekel 1904
speciesmacrophasmaMcGowan 1979

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2009-07-20 06:07:40
Modified: 2010-02-23 00:20:57
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Toarcian or 184.20000 to 182.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Germany (Baden-Württenburg) Stenopterygius macrophasma (type locality: 91589)