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Felberia excelsa

Osteichthyes - Perleidiformes - Polzbergiidae

Taxonomy
Felberia excelsa was named by Lombardo and Tintori (2004). Its type specimen is MCSN 5034a,b, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Meride D, Val Mara, Monte San Giorgio (MCSN), which is in a Longobardian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Meride Formation of Switzerland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Felberia excelsa Lombardo and Tintori p. 181 figs. 2-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—NeopterygiiRegan 1923
orderPerleidiformesBerg 1937
familyPolzbergiidaeGriffith 1977
genusFelberia
speciesexcelsa

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.

†Felberia excelsa Lombardo and Tintori 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: nektobenthicg
Diet: durophageg
Created: 2013-12-06 12:53:07
Modified: 2013-12-06 12:53:07
Source: g = genus, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Lombardo and Tintori 2005

Age range: Longobardian or 239.48000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Switzerland Felberia excelsa (type locality: 148423)