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Trachymetopon liassicum

Osteichthyes - Coelacanthiformes - Mawsoniidae

Taxonomy
Trachymetopon liassicum was named by Hennig (1951). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ohmden (GPIT coll), which is in a Toarcian marine siliciclastic in Germany. It is the type species of Trachymetopon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Trachymetopon liassicum Hennig
1998Trachymetopon liassicum Forey p. 359
2004Trachymetopon liassicum Schultze p. 487
2015Trachymetopon liassicum Dutel et al. p. 2 figs. 1-5, 7

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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)
familyMawsoniidaeSchultze 1993
genusTrachymetoponHennig 1951
speciesliassicumHennig 1951

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.

Trachymetopon liassicum Hennig 1951
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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: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Toarcian to the top of the Bifrons or 184.20000 to 174.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Germany Trachymetopon liassicum (type locality: 181398)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Germany Trachymetopon liassicum (181400)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7Germany Trachymetopon liassicum (181399)