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Icarealcyon malagasium

Actinopteri - Parasemionotidae

Taxonomy
Icarealcyon malagasium was named by Beltan (1984). Its type specimen is MAE 576a,b, a partial skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Ambodipo (MNHN fish), which is in a Dienerian marine siliciclastic in Madagascar. It is the type species of Icarealcyon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Icarealcyon malagasium Beltan p. 76 figs. pl. III

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
infraclassHolostei(Müller 1846)
familyParasemionotidaeStensiö 1932
genusIcarealcyon
speciesmalagasium

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.

†Icarealcyon malagasium Beltan 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: detritivoref
Created: 2014-02-08 20:11:11
Modified: 2014-02-08 20:11:11
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Neuman and Wilson 1985

Age range: Dienerian or 250.50000 to 249.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Madagascar Icarealcyon malagasium (type locality: 153677 153683)