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Dapedium radiatum

Actinopteri - Dapediidae

Taxonomy
Tetragonolepis radiatus was named by Agassiz (1836). Its type specimen is BMNH P.468, a partial skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Lyme Regis, Egerton collection, which is in a Sinemurian marine horizon in the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Dapedius radiatus by Woodward (1895); it was recombined as Dapedium radiatum by Maxwell and López-Arbarello (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Tetragonolepis radiatus Agassiz p. 201
1843Tetragonolepis radiatus Agassiz figs. Pl 23a, fig 2
1895Dapedius radiatus Woodward p. 137
2018Dapedium radiatum Maxwell and López-Arbarello p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
infraclassHolostei(Müller 1846)
familyDapediidae
genusDapediumLeach 1822
speciesradiatum()

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 radiatum Agassiz 1836
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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: base of the Planorbis to the top of the Sinemurian or 201.40000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Planorbis201.4 - 199.5United Kingdom (England) Tetragonolepis radiatus (122157 122158)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) Tetragonolepis radiatus (122153 type locality: 122154 122155)