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Rainerichthys zangerli

Chondrichthyes - Iniopterygia - Iniopterygidae

Taxonomy
Rainerichthys zangerli was named by Grogan and Lund (2009). Its type specimen is CM 46097, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Bear Gulch (Carnegie Museum Collection), which is in an Arnsbergian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Heath Formation of Montana. It is the type species of Rainerichthys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Rainerichthys zangerli Grogan and Lund p. 135 figs. 1-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
orderIniopterygiaZangerl and Case 1973
familyIniopterygidaeZangerl and Case 1973
genusRainerichthys
specieszangerli

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.

†Rainerichthys zangerli Grogan and Lund 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 13:49:23
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:31:01
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: Arnsbergian or 326.90000 to 323.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6USA (Montana) Rainerichthys zangerli (type locality: 90681 116654 130890)