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Moythomasia

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Moythomasia was named by Gross (1950) [Sepkoski's age data: D Eife D Fame Sepkoski's reference number: 2,502,916]. It is not extant. Its type is Aldingeria perforata.

It was assigned to Moythomasiidae by Kazantseva (1971); to Palaeonisciformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Actinopteri by Choo (2015).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Aldingeria Gross
1950Moythomasia Gross
1969Aldingeria Gardiner
1971Moythomasia Kazantseva
2002Moythomasia Sepkoski
2015Moythomasia Choo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
genusMoythomasiaGross 1950

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. †Moythomasia Gross 1950
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Moythomasia antiqua Gross 1953
Moythomasia devonica Clarke 1885
Moythomasia durgaringa Gardiner and Bartram 1977
Moythomasia laevigata Gross 1953
Moythomasia lebedevi Plax et al. 2025
Moythomasia lineata Choo 2015
Moythomasia nitida Gross 1953
Moythomasia perforata Gross 1942
Moythomasia striata Gross 1953
Invalid names: Aldingeria Gross 1942 [replaced]
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 Eifelian to the top of the Carboniferous or 393.47000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Belarus (Vitebsk) M. sp. (232958)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Belarus M. sp. (225881)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31Hong Kong M. sp. (275906)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Belarus (Brest) M. lebedevi (242243 242244)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Belarus (Gormel) M. lebedevi (242242)
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15USA (Iowa) M. sp. (226053)
Middle Givetian385.9 - 383.4Belarus M. lebedevi (225887)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Estonia M. sp. (225778)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Belarus M. sp. (225888)
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian383.4 - 379.0Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) M. nitida, M. lineata (197071)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Latvia (Koknese) Aldingeria perforata (197072)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Iran M. devonica (226048)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Iran (Esfahan) M. sp. (90626)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Australia (Western Australia) M. durgaringa (170988 197263)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Germany (Hesse) M. laevigata, M. striata (232992)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Russian Federation M. perforata (239134)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Australia (New South Wales) M. dungaringa (232510)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (New York) M. antiqua (232991) Palaeoniscus devonicus (226073)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Australia (Western Australia) M. durgarina (232512) M. durgaringa (136090 232511 232517)
Late/Upper Devonian382.31 - 358.86USA (New York) Palaeoniscus devonicus (226072)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2Poland (Swietokrzyskie Voivodship) M. devonica (226394)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Canada (Ontario) M. devonica (226507)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Afghanistan (Kabul) M. sp. (232508)
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2Russian Federation M. sp. (238703)
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2Russian Federation (Oryol Oblast) M. sp. (226045)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Russian Federation (Tula) M. sp. (225666)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Russian Federation (Tulskaya Oblast) M. sp. (176224)
Carboniferous358.86 - 298.9Greenland (North Scoresby Land) Aldingeria biertheri (233033 233034 233035 233036 233037)