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Allolepidotus rueppelli

Taxonomy
Pholidophorus rueppelli was named by Bellotti (1857). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Perledo (MCSM collection), which is in a Longobardian marine limestone in the Perledo-Varenna Formation of Italy. It is the type species of Allolepidotus.

It was considered a nomen dubium by López-Arbarello et al. (2014); it was recombined as Allolepidotus rueppelli by Woodward (1895), de Alessandri (1910) and López-Arbarello and Brocke (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Pholidophorus rueppelli Bellotti p. 428
1895Allolepidotus rueppelli Woodward p. 315
1910Allolepidotus rueppelli de Alessandri p. 118 figs. Pl 8, figs 3,4
2024Allolepidotus rueppelli López-Arbarello and Brocke p. 2 fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
—Actinopterygii()
—HalecostomiRegan 1903
—Halecomorphi(Cope 1872)
genusAllolepidotusDeecke 1889
speciesrueppelli(Bellotti 1857)

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.

†Allolepidotus rueppelli Bellotti 1857
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Longobardian or 242.00000 to 235.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Italy (Lecco) Allolepidotus rueppelli (type locality: 120901)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Italy Allolepidotus rueppelli (153407) Pholidophorus rueppelli (153401)