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Dipteronotus gibbosus

Osteichthyes - Perleidiformes - Perleididae

Taxonomy
Dipteronotus gibbosus was named by Martin (1980). Its type specimen is MNHN Alm301, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Locality XI, Alili n'yifis, Alma, which is in a Carnian terrestrial horizon in the Timezgadiouine Formation of Morocco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Dipteronotus gibbosus Martin p. 446 figs. Pl. 1
1982Dipteronotus gibbosus Martin p. 355

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—NeopterygiiRegan 1923
orderPerleidiformesBerg 1937
familyPerleididaeBrough 1931
genusDipteronotusEgerton 1854
speciesgibbosus

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.

†Dipteronotus gibbosus Martin 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: detritivoref
Created: 2014-02-08 20:12:07
Modified: 2014-02-08 20:12:07
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Neuman and Wilson 1985, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Morocco (Marrakech-Safi) Dipteronotus gibbosus (type locality: 94786)