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Pelargorhynchus dercetiformis

Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Dercetidae

Taxonomy
Pelargorhynchus dercetiformis was named by von der Marck (1858). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Area around Sendenhorst, which is in a Campanian carbonate lime mudstone in the Ahlen Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Pelargorhynchus.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Pelargorhynchus dercetiformis von der Marck p. 243
1858Pelargorhynchus blochiformis von der Marck p. 244
1863Pelargorhynchus dercetiformis von der Marck p. 61 figs. Pl 11; pl 12, fig 3
1863Pelargorhynchus blochiiformis von der Marck p. 64 figs. Pl 12, figs 4-6
1885Pelargorhynchus dercetiformis von der Marck p. 261
1901Pelargorhynchus dercetiformis Woodward p. 188
1969Pelargorhynchus dercetiformis Goody p. 68 fig. 31
2021Pelargorhynchus dercetiformis Alvarado-Ortega and Díaz-Cruz p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Aulopa
orderAulopiformesRosen 1973
suborderIchthyotringoideiGoody 1969
familyDercetidaeCope
genusPelargorhynchus
speciesdercetiformis

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.

†Pelargorhynchus dercetiformis von der Marck 1858
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Invalid names: Pelargorhynchus blochiformis von der Marck 1858 [synonym]
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 20:54:50
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:54:50
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany Pelargorhynchus blochiiformis (221714) Pelargorhynchus dercetiformis (type locality: 221711)