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Pygopterus degeeri

Palaeonisciformes - Pygopteridae

Taxonomy
Pygopterus degeeri was named by Stensiö (1921). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Mt. Congress, lowest Triassic bone-bed, which is in a Dienerian marine siliciclastic in Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Pygopterus degeeri Stensiö p. 203 figs. Pl. 25, Fig. 3; Pl. 26, Figs. 1,2; Pl. 27, Fig. 1
2018Pygopterus degeeri Štamberg p. 263

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
suborderPalaeoniscoidei
familyPygopteridae
genusPygopterus
speciesdegeeri

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.

†Pygopterus degeeri Stensiö 1921
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:35:42
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:35:42
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

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 Myriolepis sp. (120367) Pygopterus degeeri (120228 120231 120232 120366)