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Homonotichthys dorsalis

Actinopteri - Polymixiiformes - Polymixiidae

Taxonomy
Homonotus dorsalis was named by Dixon (1850). It is extant. Its type locality is Malling, near Lewes (Rhynchonella cuvieri or Terebratulina gracilis zone), which is in a Turonian/Turonian carbonate chalk in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Homonotichthys, Homonotus.

It was recombined as Homonotichthys dorsalis by Patterson (1964).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Homonotus dorsalis Dixon p. 372
1964Homonotichthys dorsalis Patterson p. 283 figs. Pl 2, fig 107; text-figs 35-43

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
orderPolymixiiformes
familyPolymixiidaeGill 1862
genusHomonotichthysWhitley 1933
speciesdorsalis()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:44:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:44:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 99.60000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Homonotus dorsalis (222446)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3United Kingdom (England) Homonotus dorsalis (222441)
Late/Upper Coniacian89.3 - 85.8United Kingdom (England) Homonotus dorsalis (222444)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian89.3 - 83.5United Kingdom (England) Homonotus dorsalis (222442 222443 222445)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6United Kingdom (England) Homonotus dorsalis (222447)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6United Kingdom (England) Homonotus dorsalis (159324)