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Pycnosterinx elongatus

Osteichthyes - Polymixiidae

Taxonomy
Pycnosterinx elongatus was named by Pictet and Humbert (1866). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sahel Alma (Humbert collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Pycnosterinx elongatus Pictet and Humbert p. 42 figs. Pl 3, figs 5,6
1887Pycnosterinx elongatus Davis p. 537

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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
specieselongatus

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 elongatus Pictet and Humbert 1866
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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: 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 Pycnosterinx elongatus (type locality: 221226)