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Sixtelia asiatica

Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae

Taxonomy
Sixtelia asiatica was named by Sytchevskaya (1999). Its type specimen is PIN 3267/42a, b, a partial skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Madygen, PIN collection 3267, which is in a Carnian lacustrine - small siliciclastic in the Madygen Formation of Kyrgyzstan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Sixtelia asiatica Sytchevskaya p. 461

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
suborderPalaeoniscoidei
familyPalaeoniscidaeVogt 1852
genusSixtelia
speciesasiatica

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.

†Sixtelia asiatica Sytchevskaya 1999
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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: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:35:42
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:35:42
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Kyrgyzstan (Ösh) Sixtelia asiatica (type locality: 200781)