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Eoeugnathus megalepis

Osteichthyes - Ionoscopiformes - Subortichthyidae

Taxonomy
Eoeugnathus megalepis was named by Brough (1939). Its type specimen is BMNH P19348, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Besano, Bender collection, Monte San Giorgio, which is in an Illyrian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite/shale in the Besano Formation of Italy.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Eoeugnathus megalepis Brough p. 71 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,2; text-figs 32,33,41
2003Eoeugnathus megalepis Herzog p. 228 figs. 2-13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—NeopterygiiRegan 1923
—Halecomorphi(Cope 1872)
orderIonoscopiformesGrande and Bemis 1998
familySubortichthyidae
genusEoeugnathus
speciesmegalepis

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.

†Eoeugnathus megalepis Brough 1939
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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: base of the Illyrian to the top of the Fassanian or 243.33000 to 239.48000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Italy Eoeugnathus megalepis (type locality: 122150)
Fassanian241.464 - 239.48Switzerland Eoeugnathus megalepis (117530)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Spain Eoeugnathus megalepis (148734 148735 148737 148738)