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Birgeria costata

Palaeonisciformes - Birgeriidae

Taxonomy
Saurichthys costatus was named by Münster (1839).

It was recombined as Birgeria costata by Bürgin and Furrer (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Saurichthys costatus Münster p. 118
1843Saurichthys costatus Agassiz p. 88
1993Birgeria costata Bürgin and Furrer p. 1019

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
suborderPalaeoniscoidei
familyBirgeriidaeBerg 1940
genusBirgeriaStensiö 1919
speciescostata()

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.

†Birgeria costata Münster 1839
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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: carnivoreg
Created: 2013-12-05 19:59:03
Modified: 2013-12-05 19:59:03
Source: g = genus, o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Devyatov et al. 2005, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Illyrian to the top of the Anisian or 243.33000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Germany Saurichthys costatus (149466)
Illyrian - Fassanian243.33 - 239.48Germany Saurichthys costatus (149465)