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Lepidotes gloriae

Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes

Taxonomy
Lepidotes gloriae was named by Thies (1989). Its type specimen is USNM 279856, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Hoyo de San Antonio, which is in an Oxfordian marine limestone in the Jagua Formation of Cuba.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Lepidotes gloriae Thies p. 20 figs. 1-13

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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)
orderLepisosteiformesHay 1929
genusLepidotes
speciesgloriae

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.

†Lepidotes gloriae Thies 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:27:01
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:32:18
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Oxfordian or 161.50000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Cuba Lepidotes gloriae (type locality: 117143)