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Histionotus

Osteichthyes - Macrosemiiformes - Macrosemiidae

Taxonomy
Histionotus was named by Egerton (1854) [Sepkoski's age data: J Kimm K l Sepkoski's reference number: 452].

It was assigned to Macrosemiidae by Woodward (1895); and to Macrosemiiformes by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Histionotus Egerton p. 434
1895Histionotus Woodward p. 173
2002Histionotus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
infraclassHolostei(Müller 1846)
—Ginglymodi(Cope 1871)
orderMacrosemiiformes
familyMacrosemiidaeThiollière 1858
genusHistionotus

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. †Histionotus Egerton 1854
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†Histionotus angularis Egerton 1854
†Histionotus falsani Thiollière 1873
†Histionotus oberndorferi Wagner 1863
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:52:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: Berriasian or 143.10000 to 137.05000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05United Kingdom (England) H. angularis (52301 131852 131980)