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Grimmenodon aureum

Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes

Taxonomy
Grimmenodon aureum was named by Stumpf et al. (2017). Its type specimen is GG 437, a mandible (prearticular bone), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grimmen clay pit (EMAU collection, exaratum subzone), which is in a Falciferum marine shale in Germany. It is the type species of Grimmenodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Grimmenodon aureum Stumpf et al. p. 4 fig. 2,3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
orderPycnodontiformesBerg 1937
genusGrimmenodon
speciesaureum

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.

†Grimmenodon aureum Stumpf et al. 2017
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: durophageo
Diet 2: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:40:08
Modified: 2013-12-06 12:04:31
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Falciferum or 184.20000 to 182.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Grimmenodon aureum (type locality: 186714)