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Copodus minimus

Chondrichthyes - Copodontiformes - Copodontidae

Taxonomy
Copodus minimus was named by Davis (1883). Its type specimen is BMNH P.2511, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Richmond, Yorkshire (BMNH), which is in a Pennsylvanian marine limestone in the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Copodus minimus Davis
1889Copodus minimus Woodward p. 95

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
superorderHolocephalomorphaLund 1986
orderCopodontiformesObruchev 1953
familyCopodontidaeDavis 1883
genusCopodusMorris and Roberts 1862
speciesminimusDavis 1883

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.

†Copodus minimus Davis 1883
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 06:36:22
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:36:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Pennsylvanian or 323.20000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9United Kingdom Copodus minimus (type locality: 137322)