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Aspidorhynchus crassus

Osteichthyes - Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae

Taxonomy
Aspidorhynchus crassus was named by Woodward (1890). Its type specimen is BMNH 39199, 39200, a skull, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Stonesfield Slate, near Oxford (BMNH fish), which is in a Bathonian marine slate in the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Aspidorhynchus crassus Woodward p. 295 figs. pl. iii. figs. 11-14
1895Aspidorhynchus crassus Woodward p. 426 figs. pl. XVII. fig. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—AspidorhyncheiNelson et al. 2016
orderAspidorhynchiformesBleeker 1859
familyAspidorhynchidaeBleeker 1859
genusAspidorhynchus
speciescrassusWoodward 1890

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.

†Aspidorhynchus crassus Woodward 1890
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitef
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicf
Depth habitat: surfacef
Diet: carnivoref
Created: 2009-07-20 07:06:47
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:10:06
Source: f = family
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Bathonian or 168.20000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom Aspidorhynchus crassus (type locality: 131844)