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Hydropessum

Osteichthyes - Perleidiformes - Cleithrolepidae

Taxonomy
Hydropessum was named by Broom (1913) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr l]. Its type is Hydropessum kannemeyeri.

It was assigned to Perleidiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cleithrolepidae by López-Arbarello and Zavattieri (2008).

Species
H. kannemeyeri (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Hydropessum Broom p. 266
2002Hydropessum Sepkoski
2008Hydropessum López-Arbarello and Zavattieri pp. 1047, 1052

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
NeopterygiiRegan 1923
orderPerleidiformesBerg 1937
familyCleithrolepidaeWade 1935
genusHydropessum

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. †Hydropessum Broom 1913
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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, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Triassic or 237.00000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4South Africa (Free State) H. kannemeyeri (220878)