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Macrosemius fourneti

Actinopteri - Semionotiformes - Macrosemiidae

Taxonomy
Disticholepis fourneti was named by Thiollière (1854). It is a compression fossil.

It was recombined as Macrosemius fourneti by Woodward (1895).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Disticholepis fourneti Thiollière figs. pl. viii
1895Macrosemius fourneti Woodward p. 178

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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
genusMacrosemius
speciesfourneti(Thiollière 1854)

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.

Macrosemius fourneti Thiollière 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: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 152.21000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2France Disticholepis fourneti (131960)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany (Eastern Bavaria) Macrosemius fourneti (187436)