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Petalopteryx syriacus

Ophiopsiformes - Ophiopsiellidae

Taxonomy
Petalopteryx syriacus was named by Pictet (1850). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Hakel (Boissier collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal carbonate in Lebanon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Petalopteryx syriacus Pictet p. 22 figs. Pl 3, fig 1
1866Petalopteryx syriacus Pictet and Humbert p. 54
1887Petalopteryx syriacus Davis p. 526
1895Petalopteryx syriacus Woodward p. 181
1898Petalopteryx syriacus Woodward p. 485
1942Petalopteryx syriacus Woodward p. 558

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
—Actinopterygii()
—HalecostomiRegan 1903
—Halecomorphi(Cope 1872)
orderOphiopsiformes
familyOphiopsiellidae
genusPetalopteryx
speciessyriacus

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.

†Petalopteryx syriacus Pictet 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Lebanon Petalopteryx syriacus (221080 type locality: 221186)