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Pholidogaster

Osteichthyes - Colosteidae

Taxonomy
Pholidogaster was named by Huxley (1862). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Colosteidae by Carroll (1988), Clack and Milner (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Pholidogaster Huxley
1988Pholidogaster Carroll
2015Pholidogaster Clack and Milner p. 48

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
familyColosteidae
genusPholidogasterHuxley 1862

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. †Pholidogaster Huxley 1862
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Invalid names: Otocratia modesta Watson 1929 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Brigantian or 335.90000 to 330.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Otocratia modesta (175812)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom P. pisciformis (132778)