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Pycnosterinx discoides

Osteichthyes - Polymixiidae

Taxonomy
Pycnosterinx discoides was named by Heckel (1849). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sach el Aalma (Russegger collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Pycnosterinx discoides Heckel p. 340 figs. Pl 23, fig 3
1850Pycnosterinx discoides Pictet p. 14
1866Pycnosterinx discoides Pictet and Humbert p. 38 figs. Pl 3, figs 1,2
1887Pycnosterinx discoides Davis p. 532 figs. Pl 27, fig 3
1964Pycnosterinx discoides Patterson p. 377

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—PolymixiipterygiiBetancur-R et al. 2017
familyPolymixiidaeGill 1862
genusPycnosterinx
speciesdiscoides

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.

†Pycnosterinx discoides Heckel 1849
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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: Late/Upper Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Lebanon Pycnosterinx discoides (170327 221187 type locality: 221189 221226)