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Mesodon rugulosus

Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Taxonomy
Pycnodus rugulosus was named by Agassiz (1839). It is a compression fossil.

It was recombined as Mesodon rugulosus by Woodward (1895).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Pycnodus rugulosus Agassiz figs. Pl 72a, fig 23
1843Pycnodus rugulosus Agassiz p. 194
1895Mesodon rugulosus Woodward p. 203

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
orderPycnodontiformesBerg 1937
suborderPycnodontoidei
superfamilyPycnodontoidea
familyPycnodontidae()
genusMesodonQuenstedt 1858
speciesrugulosus()

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.

Mesodon rugulosus Agassiz 1839
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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 21:40:08
Modified: 2013-12-06 12:04:31
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Bathonian or 168.20000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom Pycnodus rugulosus (131844 131998)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France Pycnodus rugulosus (131997)