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Menaspis armata

Chondrichthyes - Menaspiformes - Menaspidae

Taxonomy
Menaspis armata was named by Ewald (1848). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Lonau, West Harz, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine limestone in the Kupferschiefer Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Menaspis armata Ewald p. 35
1891Menaspis armata Jaekel p. 115
1981Menaspis armata Zangerl p. 47
1984Menaspis armata Holzapfel and Malzahn p. 88 figs. Pl 1, figs 15-27, text fig 7.
1992Menaspis armata Schaumberg p. 313 figs. 1-12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
superorderHolocephalomorphaLund 1986
orderMenaspiformes
familyMenaspidaeWoodward 1891
genusMenaspis
speciesarmata

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.

†Menaspis armata Ewald 1848
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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: 2009-07-21 06:36:22
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:36:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Germany Menaspis armata (96856 130037 130039 130041 130061 type locality: 133433 133434 133435)