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Dinopteryx spinosus

Osteichthyes - Beryciformes - Dinopterygidae

Taxonomy
Hoplopteryx spinosus was named by Davis (1887). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sahil Alma (Lewis collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon.

It was recombined as Dinopteryx spinosus by Patterson (1964).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Hoplopteryx spinosus Davis p. 516 figs. Pl 28, fig 1
1964Dinopteryx spinosus Patterson p. 386 fig. 79

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Berycimorphaceae
orderBeryciformes
suborderDinopterygoidei
familyDinopterygidae
genusDinopteryx
speciesspinosus()

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.

†Dinopteryx spinosus Davis 1887
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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: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:59:28
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:59:28
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Lebanon Hoplopteryx spinosus (170327)