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Oxygnathus ornatus

Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae

Taxonomy
Oxygnathus ornatus was named by Egerton (1854). Its type specimen is BMNH P3485, a skull, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Lyme Regis, Egerton collection, which is in a Sinemurian marine horizon in the United Kingdom.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Thrissonotus colei Agassiz p. 128
1854Oxygnathus ornatus Egerton p. 436 figs. Pl 9
1855Oxygnathus ornatus Egerton figs. Pl 9
1891Oxygnathus ornatus Woodward p. 516

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
suborderPalaeoniscoidei
familyPalaeoniscidaeVogt 1852
genusOxygnathus
speciesornatus

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.

†Oxygnathus ornatus Egerton 1854
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Invalid names: Thrissonotus colei Agassiz 1843 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:35:42
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:35:42
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Sinemurian or 199.30000 to 190.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8United Kingdom (England) Oxygnathus ornatus (122153 type locality: 122154) Thrissonotus colei, Oxygnathus ornatus (122155)