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Alcoveria brevis

Osteichthyes - Coelacanthiformes - Coelacanthidae

Taxonomy
Alcoveria brevis was named by Beltan (1972). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Montral and Alcover Quarries (MSB), which is in a Ladinian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite in the Muschelkalk Formation of Spain.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Alcoveria brevis Beltan p. 285 figs. 1, pl. 1-3
1998Alcoveria brevis Forey p. 345
2004Alcoveria brevis Schultze p. 486

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
classCoelacanthimorpha
orderCoelacanthiformesBerg 1937
familyCoelacanthidaeAgassiz 1843
genusAlcoveria
speciesbrevis

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.

†Alcoveria brevis Beltan 1972
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektobenthicf
Diet: carnivoref
Created: 2013-12-06 11:55:00
Modified: 2013-12-06 11:55:00
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Lombardo and Tintori 2005, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Ladinian or 241.46400 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Spain Alcoveria brevis (type locality: 149852 149853)