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Eugnathus brachilepis

Osteichthyes - Ionoscopiformes - Furidae

Taxonomy
Eugnathus brachilepis was named by Bassani (1895). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Giffoni Valle Piana, Salerno, which is in an Alaunian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Dolomia Principale Formation of Italy.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. philpotae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Eugnathus brachilepis Bassani p. 199 figs. Pl 9, fig 2; pl 15, figs 50-54

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—NeopterygiiRegan 1923
—Halecomorphi(Cope 1872)
orderIonoscopiformesGrande and Bemis 1998
familyFuridaeJordan 1923
genusEugnathusGistl 1848
speciesbrachilepis

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.

†Eugnathus brachilepis Bassani 1895
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Alaunian or 215.38000 to 211.18000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Italy Eugnathus brachilepis (type locality: 153108)