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Voelklichthys comitatus

Actinopteri - Macrosemiiformes

Taxonomy
Voelklichthys comitatus was named by Arratia and Schultze (2012). Its type specimen is JM-E SCH 102, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Stark Quarry, Schamhaupten, which is in a Kimmeridgian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone/bindstone in the Painten Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Voelklichthys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Voelklichthys comitatus Arratia and Schultze p. 7 fig. 2–6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
infraclassHolostei(Müller 1846)
—Ginglymodi(Cope 1871)
orderMacrosemiiformes
genusVoelklichthys
speciescomitatus

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.

†Voelklichthys comitatus Arratia and Schultze 2012
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Arratia and H.-P. Schultze 2012Same as generic diagnosis.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:52:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 152.21000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany (Bayern) Voelklichthys comitatus (type locality: 59175)