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Suius brevis

Actinopteri - Parasemionotidae

Taxonomy
Suius brevis was named by Liu (2002). Its type specimen is Jurong City Museum J016, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Qingshan quarry, Jurong, which is in a Smithian carbonate limestone in the Qinglong Formation of China. It is the type species of Suius.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Suius brevis Liu p. 38 figs. Pl 6, figs 1,2; text-fig 5
2006Suius brevis Tong et al. p. 155 fig. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
infraclassHolostei(Müller 1846)
familyParasemionotidaeStensiö 1932
genusSuius
speciesbrevis

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.

Suius brevis Liu 2002
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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 20:11:11
Modified: 2014-02-08 20:11:11
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Neuman and Wilson 1985, Carroll 1988

Age range: Smithian or 249.90000 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian249.9 - 248.1China (Anhui) Suius brevis (117945)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1China (Jiangsu) Suius brevis (type locality: 117942)