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Cervifurca nasuta

Chondrichthyes - Iniopterygia - Iniopterygidae

Taxonomy
Cervifurca nasuta was named by Zangerl (1997). It is not extant. Its type specimen is FMNH PF13228, a skeleton. Its type locality is Bethel Quarry, which is in a Westphalian D estuary/bay shale in the Excello Shale Formation of Indiana. It is the type species of Cervifurca.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Cervifurca nasuta Zangerl p. 2 figs. 1-22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
orderIniopterygiaZangerl and Case 1973
familyIniopterygidaeZangerl and Case 1973
genusCervifurca
speciesnasuta

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.

†Cervifurca nasuta Zangerl 1997
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 13:49:23
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:31:01
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: Westphalian D or 309.80000 to 307.40000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Illinois) Cervifurca nasuta (132241)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Indiana) Cervifurca nasuta (132119 132157 132227)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.4USA (Indiana) Cervifurca nasuta (type locality: 90689)