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Aspidorhynchus sanzenbacheri

Osteichthyes - Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae

Taxonomy
Aspidorhynchus sanzenbacheri was named by Brito and Ebert (2009). Its type specimen is JME-ETT1, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Ettling, 50 km E-SE of Solnhofen, southern Franconian Alb, which is in a Tithonian marine siliciclastic in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Aspidorhynchus sanzenbacheri Brito and Ebert p. 396 figs. 2-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
orderAspidorhynchiformesBleeker 1859
familyAspidorhynchidaeBleeker 1859
genusAspidorhynchus
speciessanzenbacheri

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.

†Aspidorhynchus sanzenbacheri Brito and Ebert 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitef
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicf
Depth habitat: surfacef
Diet: carnivoref
Created: 2009-07-20 07:06:47
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:10:06
Source: f = family
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Tithonian or 149.20000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bayern) Aspidorhynchus sanzenbacheri (type locality: 118174)