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Guizhoubrachysomus minor

Luganoiiformes - Luganoiidae

Taxonomy
Brachysomus minor was named by Liu (2003). Its type specimen is NIGP 136039, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Wusha, Xingyi (NIGP collection), which is in a Longobardian marine horizon in the Falang Formation of China. It is the type species of Brachysomus, Guizhoubrachysomus.

It was recombined as Guizhoubrachysomus minor by Liu (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Brachysomus minor Liu p. 348 figs. Pl 3, fig 2
2004Guizhoubrachysomus minor Liu p. 447

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
—Actinopterygii()
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
orderLuganoiiformesLehman 1958
familyLuganoiidae
genusGuizhoubrachysomus
speciesminor()

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
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: Longobardian or 242.00000 to 235.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0China (Guizhou) Brachysomus minor (type locality: 146379)