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Heterolepidotus cephalus

Osteichthyes - Ionoscopiformes - Furidae

Taxonomy
Pholidophorus cephalus was named by Kner (1866). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Seefeld, Innsbruck collection, which is in an Alaunian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Seefelder Formation of Austria.

It was recombined as Heterolepidotus cephalus by Woodward (1895).

Synonyms
  • Notagogus incertus was named by Costa (1864). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Giffoni Valle Piana, Salerno, which is in an Alaunian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Dolomia Principale Formation of Italy.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Pholidophorus cephalus by Bassani (1895).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Notagogus incertus Costa p. 230 figs. Pl 3, fig 2
1866Pholidophorus cephalus Kner p. 325 figs. Pl 4, fig 2
1895Pholidophorus cephalus Bassani p. 202 figs. Pl 11, fig 2
1895Heterolepidotus cephalus Woodward p. 311

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—NeopterygiiRegan 1923
—Halecomorphi(Cope 1872)
orderIonoscopiformesGrande and Bemis 1998
familyFuridaeJordan 1923
genusHeterolepidotusEgerton 1872
speciescephalus()

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.

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Invalid names: Notagogus incertus Costa 1864 [synonym]
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Alaunian or 215.38000 to 211.18000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Austria (Tirol) Pholidophorus cephalus (130601 130602)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Italy Pholidophorus cephalus, Notagogus incertus (153108)