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Histionotus angularis

Actinopteri - Semionotiformes - Macrosemiidae

Taxonomy
Histionotus angularis was named by Egerton (1854). Its type specimen is BMNH P.577, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Swanage (BMNH fish coll.), which is in a Berriasian marine horizon in the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Histionotus angularis Egerton p. 434 figs. pl. v.
1895Histionotus angularis Woodward p. 174

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
infraclassHolostei(Müller 1846)
—Ginglymodi(Cope 1871)
orderSemionotiformes
familyMacrosemiidaeThiollière 1858
genusHistionotus
speciesangularis

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.

†Histionotus angularis Egerton 1854
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Berriasian or 145.00000 to 139.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8United Kingdom (England) Histionotus angularis (52301 type locality: 131852 131980)