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Pygopterus nielseni
Taxonomy
Pygopterus nielseni was named by Aldinger (1937). Its type specimen is MGUH VP 413, a set of postcrania (Fish lacking head), and it is a compression fossil.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1937 | Pygopterus nielseni Aldinger p. 140 figs. 37-45,47; pl 19, fig 2; pl 21, fig 2; pl 29, fig 7; pl 34-40; pl 41, figs 1,2; pl 42, fig 1; pl 43, |
| 2014 | Pygopterus nielseni Hoşgör and Štamberg p. 154 fig. 6,7 |
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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 nielseni Aldinger 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 264.28000 to 254.14000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Capitanian | Türkiye | Pygopterus nielseni (161079) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Greenland | Pygopterus nielseni (121972 121973 121974) |