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Chondrosteus pachyurus

Osteichthyes - Acipenseriformes - Chondrosteidae

Taxonomy
Chondrosteus pachyurus was named by Egerton (1858). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Lyme Regis, Museum of Practical Geology collection, which is in a Sinemurian marine horizon in the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Chondrosteus pachyurus Egerton p. 883
1895Chondrosteus pachyurus Woodward p. 33

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
orderAcipenseriformesBerg 1940
suborderChondrosteoideiGrande and Bemis 1991
familyChondrosteidaeEgerton 1858
genusChondrosteus
speciespachyurus

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.

†Chondrosteus pachyurus Egerton 1858
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:46:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:46:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Sinemurian or 199.50000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) Chondrosteus pachyurus (type locality: 122371)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) Chondrosteus pachyurus (122153 122154)