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Pholidophoroides crenulata

Actinopteri - Pholidophoriformes - Pholidophoridae

Taxonomy
Pholidophorus crenulatus was named by Egerton (1843). Its type specimen is BMNH P.573, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Lyme Regis, Egerton collection, which is in a Sinemurian marine horizon in the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Pholidophoroides crenulata by Nybelin (1966).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Pholidophorus crenulatus Egerton p. 184
1895Pholidophorus crenulatus Woodward p. 463 figs. pl. XII. fig. 6
1966Pholidophoroides crenulata Nybelin p. 393 figs. Pls. 8-10; 15, figs 3-5, 8; text-figs 9-11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
orderPholidophoriformes
familyPholidophoridae
genusPholidophoroidesWoodward 1941
speciescrenulata(Egerton 1843)

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Diet: suspension feederf
Created: 2013-12-06 12:48:42
Modified: 2013-12-06 12:48:42
Source: f = family, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lombardo and Tintori 2005

Age range: base of the Sinemurian to the top of the Toarcian or 199.30000 to 174.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8United Kingdom (England) Pholidophorus crenulatus (122154 122155) Pholidophorus crenulatus, Pholidophoroides crenulata (122153)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1United Kingdom Pholidophorus crenulatus (131929)