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Aetheolepis mirabilis

Osteichthyes - Semionotiformes - Semionotidae

Taxonomy
Aetheolepis mirabilis was named by Woodward (1895). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Talbragar Beds, which is in an Oxfordian/Tithonian lacustrine shale in the Purlawaugh Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Aetheolepis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Aetheolepis mirabilis Woodward p. 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—NeopterygiiRegan 1923
—Ginglymodi(Cope 1871)
orderSemionotiformes
familySemionotidae
genusAetheolepis
speciesmirabilis

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.

†Aetheolepis mirabilis Woodward 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: durophageo
Diet 2: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:41:44
Modified: 2013-12-06 12:03:17
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Oxfordian to the top of the Tithonian or 161.50000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian - Tithonian161.5 - 143.1Australia (New South Wales) Aetheolepis mirabilis (type locality: 29461)