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Wimania multistriata

Osteichthyes - Coelacanthiformes - Whiteiidae

Taxonomy
Wimania multistriata was named by Stensiö (1921). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Mt. Rotunda (Student Valley), which is in a Smithian marine siliciclastic in Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Wimania multistriata Stensiö p. 81 figs. Pl.. 8, Figs. 2-7; Pl. 9, Fig. 1
1998Wimania multistriata Forey p. 361
2004Wimania multistriata Schultze p. 486

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
classCoelacanthimorpha
orderCoelacanthiformesBerg 1937
familyWhiteiidaeSchultze 1993
genusWimaniaStensio 1921
speciesmultistriata

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.

†Wimania multistriata Stensiö 1921
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Smithian or 249.90000 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Svalbard and Jan Mayen Wimania multistriata (type locality: 120229 120230 120231 120232 120366)