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Reifia minuta

Chondrichthyes

Taxonomy
Reifia minuta was named by Duffin (1980). Its type specimen is Staatliches Museum fur Naturkunde 50.200 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Eisbach Valley, near Gaildorf, which is in a Lacian coastal marl in Germany. It is the type species of Reifia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Reifia minuta Duffin p. 3 figs. 1-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
superorderGaleomorphi
genusReifia
speciesminuta

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.

Reifia minuta Duffin 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 13:49:23
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:31:01
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Bithynian to the top of the Lacian or 244.99000 to 215.38000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bithynian244.99 - 244.24Poland Reifia minuta (149691)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38Germany Reifia minuta (type locality: 120932)