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Plegmolepis kochi

Elonichthyiformes - Acrolepidae

Taxonomy
Plegmolepis kochi was named by Aldinger (1937). Its type specimen is MGUH VP 393, a partial skeleton (Scales, skull, anterior part of trunk), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Spath Plateau, between River 14 and 16, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine siliciclastic in the Ravnefjeld Formation of Greenland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Plegmolepis kochi Aldinger p. 75 figs. 15-19; pl 15-17; pl 19, figs 3,4; pl 21, fig 4; pl 22, fig 1; pl 43, figs 1-3
2021Plegmolepis kochi Stack and Gottfried pp. Supplementary Material

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
Actinopterygii()
orderElonichthyiformesKazantseva-Selezneva 1977
familyAcrolepidae
genusPlegmolepis
specieskochi

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.

Plegmolepis kochi 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

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Greenland Plegmolepis kochi (type locality: 121973)