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Elonichthys egertoni
Taxonomy
Palaeoniscus egertoni was named by Egerton (1850). Its type specimen is BMNH P570, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Elonichthys egertoni by Woodward (1891).
It was recombined as Elonichthys egertoni by Woodward (1891).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1850 | Palaeoniscus egertoni Egerton |
| 1891 | Elonichthys egertoni Woodward p. 494 |
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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.
†Elonichthys egertoni Egerton 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Westphalian A to the top of the Moscovian or 318.70000 to 307.00000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Bashkirian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Elonichthys egertoni (230385) | |
| Westphalian A | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Elonichthys egertoni (227256 227257 227258 227259 227261) | |
| Moscovian | United Kingdom (England) | Elonichthys egertoni (229497) |