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Pholidophorus higginsi

Osteichthyes - Paphosisciformes - Dwykiidae

Taxonomy
Pholidophorus higginsi was named by Egerton (1854). Its type specimen is BMNH P.578, a partial skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Aust Cliff bone bed (BMNH coll), which is in a Rhaetian coastal conglomerate in the Westbury Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. obesus, P. retrodorsalis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Pholidophorus higginsi Egerton p. 435 figs. pl. vii. figs. 1-5
1895Pholidophorus higginsi Woodward p. 461

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
familyDwykiidae
familyKenderlichthyidae
familyNematoptychiidaeKazantseva-Selezneva 1977
familyPalaeobergiidaeKazantseva 1968
orderPaphosisciformes
orderPercomorphi
orderPhanerosteoniformes
orderPlectognathi
orderRedfieldiiformes(Berg 1940)
familyBrookvaliidaeBerg 1940
classPlacodermiM'Coy 1848
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
orderRhadinichthyiformes
orderScleroparei
familyScopelidae
familyTurseoidae
familyUydeniidaeKazantseva-Selezneva 1980
familyCoccolepidaeBerg 1940
familyTienshaniscidaeLiu and Wang 1978
orderPtycholepidiformes
orderDiscordichthyiformesMinikh 1998
orderAmphicentriformes
familyTeleopterinidaeBerg 1936
familyStyracopteridaeMoy-Thomas 1937
familyAmphicentridaeYoung 1866
orderAeduelliformesHeyler 1969
orderScanilepidiformes()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
orderPholidophoriformes
familyPholidophoridae
genusPholidophorusTraquair 1875
specieshigginsi

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.

†Pholidophorus higginsi Egerton 1854
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: suspension feederf
Created: 2013-12-06 12:48:42
Modified: 2013-12-06 12:48:42
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lombardo and Tintori 2005, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: Rhaetian or 205.70000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4United Kingdom (England) Pholidophorus higginsi (type locality: 122365 131728 132046)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Pholidophorus higginsi (204164)