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Dapedium orbis

Osteichthyes - Dapediiformes - Dapediidae

Taxonomy
Dapedius orbis was named by Agassiz (1836). It is a compression fossil.

It was recombined as Dapedium orbis by Maxwell and López-Arbarello (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Dapedius orbis Agassiz p. 218 figs. Pl 25d, figs 1-4
1895Dapedius orbis Woodward p. 137
2018Dapedium orbis Maxwell and López-Arbarello p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—NeopterygiiRegan 1923
—Ginglymodi(Cope 1871)
orderDapediiformes
familyDapediidae
genusDapediumLeach 1822
speciesorbis()

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.

†Dapedium orbis Agassiz 1836
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Sinemurian or 201.40000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9United Kingdom (Warwickshire) Dapedius orbis (136914)