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Atopocephala

Redfieldiiformes - Brookvaliidae

Taxonomy
Atopocephala was named by Brough (1934) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr l Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Brookvaliidae by Martin (1982); and to Palaeonisciformes by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Atopocephala Brough
1982Atopocephala Martin p. 369
2002Atopocephala Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
Actinopterygii()
orderRedfieldiiformesBerg 1940
familyBrookvaliidaeBerg 1940
genusAtopocephala

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.

G. †Atopocephala Brough 1934
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Atopocephala watsoni Brough 1934
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

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Morocco (Marrakech-Safi) A. sp. (94786)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4South Africa (Free State) A. watsoni (220878)