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Scheenstia laevis

Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes

Taxonomy
Lepidotes laevis was named by Agassiz (1837).

It was recombined as Lepidotus laevis by Agassiz (1837), Agassiz (1843), Woodward (1895); it was recombined as Scheenstia laevis by López-Arbarello (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Lepidotus laevis Agassiz p. 254
1843Lepidotus laevis Agassiz figs. Pl 29c, figs 4,5
1895Lepidotus laevis Woodward p. 103
2012Scheenstia laevis López-Arbarello p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
infraclassHolostei(Müller 1846)
—Ginglymodi(Cope 1871)
orderLepisosteiformesHay 1929
genusScheenstia
specieslaevis()

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.

†Scheenstia laevis Agassiz 1837
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:27:01
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:32:18
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 152.21000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Switzerland Lepidotes laevis (131886 131887)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2France (Aquitaine) Lepidotes laevis (94532)