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Megaperleidus lissolepis

Osteichthyes - Perleidiformes - Perleididae

Taxonomy
Megaperleidus lissolepis was named by Sytchevskaya (1999). Its type specimen is PIN 3267/184, a partial skull, 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. It is the type species of Megaperleidus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Megaperleidus lissolepis Sytchevskaya p. 462

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
NeopterygiiRegan 1923
orderPerleidiformesBerg 1937
familyPerleididaeBrough 1931
genusMegaperleidus
specieslissolepis

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.

Megaperleidus lissolepis Sytchevskaya 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: detritivoref
Created: 2014-02-08 20:12:07
Modified: 2014-02-08 20:12:07
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Neuman and Wilson 1985, Carroll 1988

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) Megaperleidus lissolepis (type locality: 200781)