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Orthogonikleithrus francogalliensis

Osteichthyes - Orthogonikleithridae

Taxonomy
Orthogonikleithrus francogalliensis was named by Konwert (2016). Its type specimen is FSL 504258, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Cerin, Jura, which is in a Kimmeridgian terrestrial horizon in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Orthogonikleithrus francogalliensis Konwert p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—Protacanthopterygii()
familyOrthogonikleithridaeArratia 1987
genusOrthogonikleithrusArratia 1987
speciesfrancogalliensis

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. Konwert 2016The diagnosis is based on the combination of the following characters: Small elongate teleost, maximum total length 48 mm. Long and broad supraorbital bone, posteriorly reaching the dermosphenotic. Mesethmoid with two long, spine-like posterodorsal processes. Preopercular sensory canal with five short tubules. Small conical teeth on premaxilla and maxilla present. Posttemporal sensory canal with two short tubules. Postcleithrum 3 very broad. Forty to 44 vertebrae present (excluding ural vertebrae). Fifteen pectoral fin rays, 14 or 15 dorsal fin rays, eight anal fin rays. Five uroneurals present. Six hypurals present. Hypurals 1 and 2 fused at their bases. Hypurals 1 and 2 fused with ural centrum 1+2. Neural spine of preural centrum 2 as long as neural spine of preural centrum 3. Squamation absent.
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 152.21000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2France Orthogonikleithrus francogalliensis (type locality: 24426)