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Serenichthys kowiensis

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Serenichthys kowiensis was named by Gess and Coates (2015). Its type specimen is AM 5754 (a & b), a skeleton (slightly disrupted whole-bodied specimen preserved in part and counterpart), and it is a cast. Its type locality is Waterloo Farm, which is in a Famennian lagoonal shale/sandstone in the Witpoort Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Serenichthys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Serenichthys kowiensis Gess and Coates pp. 363 - 367 figs. 1-7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
infraclassActinistia(Cope 1870)
genusSerenichthys
specieskowiensis

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.

Serenichthys kowiensis Gess and Coates 2015
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Famennian or 372.15000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.15 - 358.86South Africa (Eastern Cape) Serenichthys kowiensis (type locality: 68049)