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Dandya ovalis

Osteichthyes - Dapediiformes - Dapediidae

Taxonomy
Spaniolepis ovalis was named by Gorjanovic-Kramberger (1905). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Hallein (Hoefer coll), which is in an Alaunian marine marl in Austria.

It was recombined as Dandya ovalis by Tintori (1983), Hornung et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Spaniolepis ovalis Gorjanovic-Kramberger p. 217 figs. Pl 4, figs 6-8; text-figs 15,16
1983Dandya ovalis Tintori p. 430 figs. Pl 37, fig 2; text-fig 3
2019Dandya ovalis Hornung et al. p. 150 fig. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
NeopterygiiRegan 1923
Ginglymodi(Cope 1871)
orderDapediiformes
familyDapediidae
genusDandyaWhite and Moy-Thomas 1941
speciesovalis()

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.

Dandya ovalis Gorjanovic-Kramberger 1905
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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: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Alaunian or 215.38000 to 211.18000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Austria Dandya ovalis (207544) Spaniolepis ovalis (type locality: 122455)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Italy (Lombardia) Dandya ovalis (59639)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Italy Dandya ovalis (121997 122001)