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Elonichthys egertoni

Osteichthyes - Elonichthyiformes - Elonichthyidae

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).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Palaeoniscus egertoni Egerton
1891Elonichthys egertoni Woodward p. 494

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
orderElonichthyiformesKazantseva-Selezneva 1977
familyElonichthyidae
genusElonichthysGiebel 1848
speciesegertoni(Egerton 1850)

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
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
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
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2United Kingdom (Scotland) Elonichthys egertoni (230385)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Elonichthys egertoni (227256 227257 227258 227259 227261)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0United Kingdom (England) Elonichthys egertoni (229497)