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Peltoperleidus macrodontus

Osteichthyes - Louwoichthyiformes - Peltoperleididae

Taxonomy
Peltoperleidus macrodontus was named by Bürgin (1992). Its type specimen is PIMUZ T.3237, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Val Porina, Tessin collection, Monte San Giorgio, which is in an Illyrian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite/shale in the Besano Formation of Switzerland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Peltoperleidus macrodontus Bürgin p. 92 figs. 106-113
2004Peltoperleidus macrodontus Mutter and Herzog p. 797
2016Peltoperleidus macrodontus Tintori et al. p. 191 figs. 6A-E

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
NeopterygiiRegan 1923
orderLouwoichthyiformes
familyPeltoperleididae
genusPeltoperleidus
speciesmacrodontus

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.

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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: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Pelsonian to the top of the Illyrian or 244.24000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Italy Peltoperleidus macrodontus (154334)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Switzerland Peltoperleidus macrodontus (type locality: 122058 122059)
Illyrian - Fassanian243.33 - 239.48Switzerland Peltoperleidus macrodontus (122057)