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Ophiopsis flesheri

Osteichthyes - Ophiopsiidae

Taxonomy
Pholidophorus flesheri was named by Agassiz (1843). It is a compression fossil.

It was recombined as Ophiopsis flesheri by Woodward (1895).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. procera

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Pholidophorus flesheri Agassiz figs. Pl 37, fig 8
1843Pholidophorus flesherii Agassiz p. 281
1895Ophiopsis flesheri Woodward p. 171

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
—NeopterygiiRegan 1923
—Halecomorphi(Cope 1872)
familyOphiopsiidaeBartram 1975
genusOphiopsis
speciesflesheri()

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.

†Ophiopsis flesheri Agassiz 1843
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-21 04:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Bathonian or 168.20000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) Pholidophorus flesherii (131982)