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Saurichthys grignae

Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae

Taxonomy
Saurichthys grignae was named by Tintori (2013). Its type specimen is MPUM 9546, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Scudo Tremare, Northern Grigna Mountain, which is in a Fassanian basinal (carbonate) limestone in the Buchenstein Formation of Italy.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Saurichthys grignae Tintori p. 292 figs. Pl 1, figs A,B; text-figs 2-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
—Actinopterygii()
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
orderSaurichthyiformes
familySaurichthyidaeStensiö 1925
genusSaurichthys
speciesgrignae

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 grignae Tintori 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: carnivoref
Created: 2013-12-05 19:36:26
Modified: 2013-12-06 11:31:35
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Devyatov et al. 2005, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Fassanian or 241.46400 to 239.48000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Fassanian241.464 - 239.48Italy Saurichthys grignae (type locality: 119868)