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Lepidotus macrocheirus

Osteichthyes - Lepisosteiformes

Taxonomy
Lepidotus macrocheirus was named by Egerton (1845). It is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. giganteus, L. lacotanus, L. maximus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Lepidotus macrocheirus Egerton p. 230
1895Lepidotus macrocheirus Woodward p. 90

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—NeopterygiiRegan 1923
—Ginglymodi(Cope 1871)
orderLepisosteiformesHay 1929
genusLepidotus
speciesmacrocheirusEgerton 1845

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.

†Lepidotus macrocheirus Egerton 1845
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Callovian to the top of the Oxfordian or 165.30000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian165.3 - 161.5United Kingdom (England) Lepidotus macrocheirus (130656)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5United Kingdom (England) Lepidotus macrocheirus (109800)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8United Kingdom (England) Lepidotus macrocheirus (100669)