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Discoserra pectinodon

Osteichthyes - Guildayichthyidae

Taxonomy
Discoserra pectinodon was named by Lund (2000). Its type specimen is CM 30621, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bear Gulch Limestone Lens, which is in an Arnsbergian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Heath Formation of Montana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Discoserra pectinodon Lund
2004Discoserra pectinodon Cloutier and Arratia
2010Discoserra pectinodon Friedman et al. p. S31

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
NeopterygiiRegan 1923
familyGuildayichthyidae
genusDiscoserra
speciespectinodon

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.

Discoserra pectinodon Lund 2000
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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: Arnsbergian or 326.90000 to 323.60000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6USA (Montana) Discoserra pectinodon (116654 116656 116660 116762 116763 type locality: 226838 227061)