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Hemicalypterus weiri

Actinopteri - Semionotiformes - Semionotidae

Taxonomy
Hemicalypterus weiri was named by Schaeffer (1967). Its type specimen is USNM 23425, a skeleton (Nearly complete skeleton), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Little Valley fish locality, which is in a Norian/Rhaetian channel siltstone in the Chinle Formation of Utah. It is the type species of Hemicalypterus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Hemicalypterus weiri Schaeffer p. 315

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
infraclassHolostei(Müller 1846)
Ginglymodi(Cope 1871)
orderSemionotiformes
familySemionotidae
genusHemicalypterus
speciesweiri

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.

Hemicalypterus weiri Schaeffer 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: durophageo
Diet 2: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:41:44
Modified: 2013-12-06 12:03:17
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Carnian to the top of the Rhaetian or 237.00000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 227.3USA (Texas) Hemicalypterus weiri (84271)
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4USA (Utah) Hemicalypterus weiri (type locality: 135711)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4USA (Utah) Hemicalypterus weiri (218214)