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Ectosteorhachinae

Osteolepiformes - Megalichthyidae

Taxonomy
Ectosteorhachinae was named by Borgen and Nakrem (2016). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Megalichthyidae by Borgen and Nakrem (2016).

Subtaxa
Ectosteorhachis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Ectosteorhachinae Borgen and Nakrem

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
orderOsteolepiformesBerg 1937
familyMegalichthyidae
subfamilyEctosteorhachinae
subfamilyEctosteorhachinae

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.

Subfm. †Ectosteorhachinae Borgen and Nakrem 2016
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G. †Ectosteorhachis Cope 1880
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Invalid names: Ectosteorhachis ciceronius Cope 1883 [nomen nudum]
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

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Kungurian or 298.90000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1USA (Utah) Ectosteorhachis nitidus (13257 13258)
Leonardian286.0 - 274.4USA (Oklahoma) Ectosteorhachis sp. (180990)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Oklahoma) Ectosteorhachis nitidus (67945)