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Glyptopomus minor

Osteolepididae

Taxonomy
Glyptopomus minus was named by Agassiz (1844). Its type specimen is BMNH 26118, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was corrected as Glyptopomus minor by Hay (1902), Borgen and Nakrem (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Glyptopomus minus Agassiz
1891Glyptopomus minus Woodward p. 389
1902Glyptopomus minor Hay p. 362
2016Glyptopomus minor Borgen and Nakrem

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
infraclassOsteolepidida(Boulenger 1901)
familyOsteolepididae
subfamilyGlyptopominaeGoodrich 1909
genusGlyptopomusAgassiz 1844
speciesminor(Agassiz 1844)

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.

†Glyptopomus minor Agassiz 1844
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
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