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Chelyophorus griffithii

Placodermi - Ptyctodontiformes - Ptyctodontidae

Taxonomy
Chelyophorus griffithii was named by M'Coy (1848). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cultra, Holywood near Belfast, which is in a Pennsylvanian marine shale in the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. verneuil

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Chelyophorus griffithii M'Coy p. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classPlacodermiM'Coy 1848
—Antiarchi(Cope 1885)
orderPtyctodontiformes
familyPtyctodontidaeWoodward 1891
genusChelyophorusAgassiz 1845
speciesgriffithii

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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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 14:32:58
Modified: 2004-08-17 16:32:58
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Pennsylvanian or 323.40000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9United Kingdom Chelyophorus griffithii (type locality: 132779)