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Guizhouniscus microlepidus

Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae

Taxonomy
Guizhouniscus microlepidus was named by Liu (2003). Its type specimen is Guizhou Stone Cultural and Artistic Palace 1, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Wusha, Xingyi (NIGP collection), which is in a Longobardian marine horizon in the Falang Formation of China. It is the type species of Guizhouniscus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Guizhouniscus microlepidus Liu p. 347 figs. Pl 1, fig 1; pl 2, fig 1; pl 3, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
suborderPalaeoniscoidei
familyPalaeoniscidaeVogt 1852
genusGuizhouniscus
speciesmicrolepidus

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.

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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: Longobardian or 242.00000 to 235.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0China (Guizhou) Guizhouniscus microlepidus (type locality: 146379)