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Macropoma willemoesii

Osteichthyes - Coelacanthiformes - Latimeriidae

Taxonomy
Macropoma willemoesii was named by Vetter (1881).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Macropoma willemoesii Vetter
1998Macropoma willemoesii Forey p. 352
2004Macropoma willemoesii Schultze p. 487

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
infraclassActinistia(Cope 1870)
orderCoelacanthiformesBerg 1937
suborderLatimerioidei(Schultze 1993)
familyLatimeriidaeBerg 1940
subfamilyLatimeriinaeBerg 1940
genusMacropoma
specieswillemoesii

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.

†Macropoma willemoesii Vetter 1881
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Tithonian or 149.20000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bayern) Macropoma willemoesii (123985)