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Lepidotes microrhis

Osteichthyes - Lepisosteiformes

Taxonomy
Lepidotes microrhis was named by Wenz (2003). Its type specimen is MCCM LH-8010a,b and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Las Hoyas (MCCM collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large limestone/packstone in the La Huérguina Formation of Spain.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Lepidotes microrhis Wenz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
NeopterygiiRegan 1923
Ginglymodi(Cope 1871)
orderLepisosteiformesHay 1929
genusLepidotes
speciesmicrorhis

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.

Lepidotes microrhis Wenz 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:27:01
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:32:18
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) Lepidotes microrhis (type locality: 28006)