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Colobodus giganteus

Osteichthyes - Perleidiformes - Colobodontidae

Taxonomy
Perleidus giganteus was named by Beltan (1972). Its type specimen is M104a-b, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Montral and Alcover Quarries (MA), which is in a Ladinian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite in the Muschelkalk Formation of Spain.

It was recombined as Colobodus giganteus by Lombardo (2001).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Perleidus giganteus Beltan p. 296 figs. 6, pl. VIII-X
2001Colobodus giganteus Lombardo p. 358

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
NeopterygiiRegan 1923
orderPerleidiformesBerg 1937
familyColobodontidaeStensiƶ 1916
genusColobodus
speciesgiganteus()

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.

Colobodus giganteus Beltan 1972
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Longobardian or 239.48000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Spain Perleidus giganteus (type locality: 149853)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Spain (Tarragona) Perleidus giganteus (109710)