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Pteronisculus cicatrosus

Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae

Taxonomy
Pteronisculus cicatrosus was named by White (1933). Its type specimen is BMNH P16300-1, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Ambarakaraka and Andogozobé (BMNH collection), which is in a Dienerian marine horizon in Madagascar.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Pteronisculus cicatrosus White p. 120 fig. 3
1952Pteronisculus cicatrosus Lehman p. 39
1978Pteronisculus cicatrosus Uyeno p. 193 figs. pl. 1c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
suborderPalaeoniscoidei
familyRhadinichthyidaeRomer 1945
genusPteronisculus
speciescicatrosus

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: Dienerian or 250.50000 to 249.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Madagascar Pteronisculus cicatrosus (type locality: 149171 153373 153374 153378)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Madagascar (Diana) Pteronisculus cicatrosus (153773)