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Australosomus pholidopleuroides

Osteichthyes - Pholidopleuriformes - Pholidopleuridae

Taxonomy
Australosomus pholidopleuroides was named by Nielsen (1949). Its type specimen is 445, a partial skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Kap Stosch area, Fish-zone II, which is in a Griesbachian marine limestone in Greenland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Australosomus pholidopleuroides Nielsen p. 163 figs. 57; pl. 5, fig. 2
1976Australosomus pholidopleuroides Schaeffer and Mangus p. 540

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
NeopterygiiRegan 1923
orderPholidopleuriformes
familyPholidopleuridaeNielsen 1949
genusAustralosomusPivetau 1930
speciespholidopleuroides

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 mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: microcarnivoreg
Diet 2: carnivoreg
Created: 2014-02-08 20:14:16
Modified: 2014-02-08 20:14:16
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Neuman and Wilson 1985

Age range: Griesbachian or 251.90200 to 250.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Greenland Australosomus pholidopleuroides (type locality: 153362)