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Pteronisculus

Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Glaucolepis Stensiö
1933Pteronisculus White p. 118
1942Glaucolepis Nielsen p. 10
1952Pteronisculus Lehman p. 37
1968Pteronisculus Beltan p. 11
1978Pteronisculus Uyeno p. 193
2002Pteronisculus Sepkoski
2010Pteronisculus Friedman et al. p. S31
2014Pteronisculus Xu et al. p. 366
2019Pteronisculus Romano et al. p. 974
2021Pteronisculus Ren and Xu

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
suborderPalaeoniscoidei
familyRhadinichthyidaeRomer 1945
genusPteronisculus

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. †Pteronisculus White 1933
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Pteronisculus aldingeri Nielsen 1942
Pteronisculus arambourgi Lehman 1952
Pteronisculus arcticus Schultze et al. 2021
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Invalid names: Glaucolepis arctica Stensiö 1932 [synonym], Glaucolepis arctica Stensiö 1932 [synonym]
Pteronisculus broughi Lehman 1952
Pteronisculus changae Ren and Xu 2021
Pteronisculus gunnari Nielsen 1942
Pteronisculus laetus Gardiner 1966
Pteronisculus magna Nielsen 1942
Pteronisculus meiringi Gardiner and Jubb 1975
Pteronisculus nevadanus Romano et al. 2019
Pteronisculus nielseni Xu et al. 2014
Pteronisculus stensioi Nielsen 1942
Invalid names: Glaucolepis Stensiö 1921 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:35:42
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:35:42
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Griesbachian to the top of the Pelsonian or 251.90200 to 243.33000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Greenland Glaucolepis arctica (48123 112725 112730 112740 120896 153362) Glaucolepis gunnari, Glaucolepis aldingeri (153365) Glaucolepis sp. (153367) Glaucolepis sp., Glaucolepis aldingeri (153366) Glaucolepis stensioi, Glaucolepis magna (153364)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9USA (Nevada) P. nevadanus (203221)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Svalbard and Jan Mayen Glaucolepis gyrolepidoides (120223)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Madagascar P. cicatrosus (153378) P. cicatrosus, P. macropterus (149171 153374) P. maropterus, P. cicatrosus, P. arambourgi (153373) P. sp., P. macropterus (153683)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Madagascar (Diana) P. cicatrosus (153773)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Svalbard and Jan Mayen Glaucolepis gyrolepidoides (120303)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Canada (British Columbia) P. sp. (153369) P. sp., P. laetus (90301)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33China (Yunnan) P. changae (146382) P. nielseni (156671 156672)