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Gerpegezhus paviai

Osteichthyes - Syngnathiformes - Gerpegezhidae

Taxonomy
Gerpegezhus paviai was named by Bannikov and Carnevale (2012). Its type specimen is PIN 5314/1, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Khieu River, Eocene, which is in a Ypresian marine claystone in the Abazinka Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Gerpegezhus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Gerpegezhus paviai Bannikov and Carnevale p. 381

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—Syngnatharia
orderSyngnathiformes
familyGerpegezhidae
genusGerpegezhus
speciespaviai

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.

†Gerpegezhus paviai Bannikov and Carnevale 2012
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Russian Federation (Kabardino-Balkarian) Gerpegezhus paviai (type locality: 218152)