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Screbinodus ornatus

Osteichthyes - Rhizodontidae

Taxonomy
Rhizodus ornatus was named by Traquair (1836). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Screbinodus.

It was recombined as Screbinodus ornatus by Andrews (1985), Jeffery (2002), Jeffery (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Rhizodus ornatus Traquair
1891Rhizodus ornatus Woodward p. 346
1985Screbinodus ornatus Andrews
2002Screbinodus ornatus Jeffery p. 93
2012Screbinodus ornatus Jeffery p. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
infraclassRhizodontida(Andrews and Westoll 1970)
familyRhizodontidaeTraquair 1881
genusScrebinodus
speciesornatus(Traquair 1836)

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.

†Screbinodus ornatus Traquair 1836
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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, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Brigantian or 335.90000 to 330.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom Rhizodus hibberti (132778)