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Australosomus altisquamosus

Osteichthyes - Pholidopleuriformes - Pholidopleuridae

Taxonomy
Australosomus altisquamosus was named by Beltan (1980). Its type specimen is PENOM 4a,b, a partial skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Antitokazo, which is in a Dienerian marine horizon in Madagascar.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Australosomus altisquamosus Beltan p. 454 figs. pl. XIV-XV

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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
speciesaltisquamosus

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
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
References: Carroll 1988, Neuman and Wilson 1985, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Dienerian or 250.50000 to 249.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Madagascar Australosomus altisquamosus (type locality: 153772)