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Gracilignathichthys microlepis
Taxonomy
Gracilignathichthys microlepis was named by Bürgin (1992). Its type specimen is PIMUZ T.3243, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Valle Stelle, Tessin collection, Monte San Giorgio, which is in an Illyrian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite/shale in the Besano Formation of Switzerland. It is the type species of Gracilignathichthys.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1992 | Gracilignathichthys microlepis Bürgin p. 49 figs. 43-50 |
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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.
†Gracilignathichthys microlepis Bürgin 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Illyrian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Illyrian | Switzerland | Gracilignathichthys microlepis (122058 type locality: 122060) | |
| Illyrian | Italy | Gracilignathichthys microlepis (122061) | |
| Illyrian - Fassanian | Switzerland | Gracilignathichthys microlepis (122057) |