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Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) ornatus
Taxonomy
Saurichthys ornatus was named by Stensiö (1925). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is 33m Above the Fish Horizon, Mt. Viking, which is in a Spathian marine siliciclastic in the Sticky Keep Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
It was recombined as Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) ornatus by Tintori (2013).
It was recombined as Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) ornatus by Tintori (2013).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1925 | Saurichthys ornatus Stensiö p. 13 figs. Pl. 1-16, Pl. 26, Fig. 2 |
| 2008 | Saurichthys ornatus Mutter et al. p. 114 figs. 13-15 |
| 2013 | Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) ornatus Tintori p. 291 |
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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.
†Saurichthys (Lepidosaurichthys) ornatus Stensiö 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Devyatov et al. 2005, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Smithian or 249.90000 to 248.10000 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Smithian | Norway (Svalbard) | Saurichthys ornatus (103365) | |
| Smithian | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Saurichthys ornatus (120228 120231 120232 120296 120305 120366 120367 120375) |