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Pygopterus humboldti

Palaeonisciformes - Pygopteridae

Taxonomy
Pygopterus humboldti was named by Agassiz (1833). It is a compression fossil.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Pygopterus humboldti Agassiz p. 10
1835Pygopterus humboldti Agassiz figs. Pl 54; pl 55
1839Pygopterus mandibularis Agassiz figs. Pl 53, figs 1-6; pl 53a
1842Pygopterus humboldii Münster p. 48 figs. Pl 5, fig 1
1843Pygopterus humboldti Agassiz p. 74
1843Pygopterus mandibularis Agassiz p. 76
1848Pygopterus mandibularis Howse p. 236
1850Pygopterus mandibularis King p. 232 figs. Pl 23, figs 1a,b
1855Pygopterus mandibularis M'Coy p. 608
1891Pygopterus humboldti Woodward p. 470
1902Pygopterus humboldti Hay p. 367
1984Pygopterus humboldti Holzapfel and Malzahn p. 83 figs. Pl 3, figs 9-27 ? 28-30, text-fig 3
2009Pygopterus humboldti Diedrich p. 80 fig. 9c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
suborderPalaeoniscoidei
familyPygopteridae
genusPygopterus
specieshumboldti

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.

†Pygopterus humboldti Agassiz 1833
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Invalid names: Pygopterus mandibularis Agassiz 1839 [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: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Germany Pygopterus humboldii (149471) Pygopterus humboldti (96856 130037 130038 130041 130275 130280 137316 140943 140944)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom (England) Pygopterus mandibularis (90263 90264 90266 90268 90269)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom Pygopterus humboldti (131704 140945)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom (Durham) Pygopterus humboldti (131707 140946)