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Paleonisciformes

Osteichthyes - Paleonisciformes

Taxonomy
Paleonisciformes is an order.

It was assigned to Actinopterygii by Schultze et al. (2021).

Subtaxa
Tanypterichthys

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Paleonisciformes Schultze et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPaleonisciformes
orderPaleonisciformes

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.

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G. †Tanypterichthys Weems and Windolph 1986
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†Tanypterichthys pridensis Weems and Windolph 1986
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:52:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Famennian to the top of the Aptian or 372.15000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.15 - 358.86USA (Montana) Paleonisciformes indet. (641)
Late/Upper Mississippian330.3 - 323.4USA (West Virginia) Tanypterichthys pridensis (124197)
Wolfcampian298.9 - 286.0USA (Texas) Paleonisciformes indet. (22635)
Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Russian Federation (Kemerovo) Paleonisciformes indet. (167303 167304)