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Acropholis stensioei

Osteichthyes - Elonichthyiformes - Acrolepidae

Taxonomy
Acropholis stensioei was named by Aldinger (1937). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Spath Plateau, River 14, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine siliciclastic in the Ravnefjeld Formation of Greenland.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Acropholis stensioei Aldinger p. 37 figs. 4-13,77; pl 5-10; pl 11, figs 1-3; pl 12-14; pl 24, fig 1
2022Acropholis stensioei Esin and Bakaev p. 1354

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
orderElonichthyiformesKazantseva-Selezneva 1977
familyAcrolepidae
genusAcropholis
speciesstensioei

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.

Acropholis stensioei Aldinger 1937
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ufimian to the top of the Vyatkian or 277.30000 to 256.80000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Russian Federation (Komi Republic) Acropholis stensioei (232603)
Ufimian - Late/Upper Kazanian277.3 - 266.9Russian Federation (Udmurtia) Acropholis stensioei (187322)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation (Perm) Acropholis stensioei (210714)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation (Samara) Acropholis stensioei (232602)
Late/Upper Severodvinian - Vyatkian264.28 - 256.8Russian Federation (Orenburg) Acropholis stensioei (93030)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Greenland Acropholis stensioei (type locality: 121972)