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Wardichthys cyclosoma

Palaeonisciformes - Platysomidae

Taxonomy
Wardichthys cyclosoma was named by Traquair (1875). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bed 2, Wardie B, north of Edinburgh, which is in an Asbian lacustrine shale/ironstone in the Gullane Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Wardichthys cyclosoma Traquair
1891Wardichthys cyclosoma Woodward p. 535

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
suborderPlatysomoidei()
familyPlatysomidae
genusWardichthysTraquair 1875
speciescyclosomaTraquair 1875

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.

†Wardichthys cyclosoma Traquair 1875
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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: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:35:42
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:35:42
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Asbian or 340.00000 to 336.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Wardichthys cyclosoma (84940 229974 type locality: 230473)
Asbian - Brigantian340.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Wardichthys cyclosoma (229961)