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Pteronisculus changae

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Pteronisculus changae was named by Ren and Xu (2021). Its type specimen is IVPP V 18994, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dawazi, Luoping County (IVPP coll), which is in a Pelsonian carbonate lime mudstone in the Guanling Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. maropterus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Pteronisculus changae Ren and Xu p. 173 figs. 3-12, 13A, 14A

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
genusPteronisculus
specieschangae

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.

†Pteronisculus changae Ren and Xu 2021
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Pelsonian or 244.24000 to 243.33000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33China (Yunnan) Pteronisculus changae (type locality: 146382)