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Luganoia lepidosteoides

Luganoiiformes - Luganoiidae

Taxonomy
Luganoia lepidosteoides was named by Brough (1939). Its type specimen is BMNH P.19316, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is San Giorgio, Bender collection, which is in a Fassanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite/shale in the Besano Formation of Switzerland.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Luganoia lepidosteoides Brough p. 41 figs. Pl 6, fig 1; text-figs 15,16,18B
1939Luganoia intermedia Brough p. 45 figs. Pl 6, fig 2; text-fig 17,18A
1939Luganoia macrodentata Brough p. 47 figs. Pl 6, fig 3; text-fig 19
1992Luganoia lepidosteoides Bürgin p. 106 figs. 124-135
1999Luganoia lepidosteoides Cartanyà p. 545 fig. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
—Actinopterygii()
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
orderLuganoiiformesLehman 1958
familyLuganoiidae
genusLuganoia
specieslepidosteoides

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.

†Luganoia lepidosteoides Brough 1939
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Invalid names: Luganoia intermedia Brough 1939 [synonym], Luganoia macrodentata Brough 1939 [synonym]
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: base of the Illyrian to the top of the Fassanian or 243.33000 to 239.48000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Switzerland Luganoia lepidosteoides (122058 122068)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Italy Luganoia lepidosteoides, Luganoia intermedia, Luganoia macrodentata (122150)
Illyrian - Fassanian243.33 - 239.48Switzerland Luganoia lepidosteoides (122057)
Fassanian241.464 - 239.48Switzerland Luganoia lepidosteoides (type locality: 122152)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Spain Luganoia lepidosteoides (148734 148735 148736)