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Helmolepis gracilis

Actinopteri - Perleidiformes - Platysiagidae

Taxonomy
Helmolepis gracilis was named by Stensiö (1932). Its type specimen is MGUH VP 3219 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cape Stosch on Hold-with-Hope, which is in a Griesbachian marine siliciclastic in Greenland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Helmolepis gracilis Stensiö pp. 284-287 figs. pl. XI, fig. 2
2005Helmolepis gracilis Mutter pp. 272-279 figs. 1-7b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
orderPerleidiformesBerg 1937
familyPlatysiagidaeBrough 1939
genusHelmolepis
speciesgracilis

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.

†Helmolepis gracilis Stensiö 1932
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:52:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: Griesbachian or 251.90200 to 250.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Greenland Helmolepis gracilis (type locality: 120896 130539 130540 130541 130543)