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Pyknolepidus macrospinosus

Osteichthyes - Gadiformes - Macrouridae

Taxonomy
Pyknolepidus macrospinosus was named by David (1956). Its type specimen is CIT 10482, an other (scale), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Alsea Bay, south, which is in a Chattian deep-water horizon in Oregon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Pyknolepidus macrospinosus David p. 588 figs. Fig. 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Paracanthopterygii()
orderGadiformesGoodrich 1909
familyMacrouridaeJordan and Evermann 1898
genusPyknolepidus
speciesmacrospinosus

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.

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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 21:19:31
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:19:31
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Chattian or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Oregon) Pyknolepidus macrospinosus (type locality: 203248)