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Dapedium ballei

Osteichthyes - Dapediiformes - Dapediidae

Taxonomy
Dapedium ballei was named by Maxwell and López-Arbarello (2018). Its type specimen is SMNS 96990, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Pliensbach near Zell unter Aichelberg, which is in an Opalinum offshore shale in the Opalinuston Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Dapedium ballei Maxwell and López-Arbarello p. 6 figs. 2-4, 5E, 6D

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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
speciesballei

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 ballei Maxwell and López-Arbarello 2018
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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: Opalinum or 174.70000 to 170.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Opalinum174.7 - 170.9Germany Dapedium ballei (type locality: 194872)