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Aspidopleurus cataphractus

Actinopteri - Aulopiformes

Taxonomy
Aspidopleurus cataphractus was named by Pictet and Humbert (1866). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Hakel (Humbert collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal carbonate in Lebanon.

It was recombined as Prionolepis cataphractus by Goody (1969).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Aspidopleurus cataphractus Pictet and Humbert p. 109 figs. Pl 18, fig 1
1887Aspidopleurus cataphractus Davis p. 624
1969Prionolepis cataphractus Goody p. 179 figs. 83-85
2012Aspidopleurus cataphractus Alvarado-Ortega and Porras-Múzquiz p. 253

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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)
—Aulopa
orderAulopiformesRosen 1973
suborderAlepisauroidei
genusAspidopleurus
speciescataphractus

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.

†Aspidopleurus cataphractus Pictet and Humbert 1866
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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 20:54:50
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:54:50
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Lebanon Aspidopleurus cataphractus (type locality: 221227) Prionolepis cataphractus (127467 221158)