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Italopterus martinisi

Actinopteri - Peltopleuriformes - Thoracopteridae

Taxonomy
Thoracopterus martinisi was named by Tintori and Sassi (1992). Its type specimen is MFSNU 1885, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Rio Seazza Valley, near Preone (MFSN collection), which is in an Alaunian carbonate dolomite in the Dolomia di Forni Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Italopterus martinisi by Shen and Arratia (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Thoracopterus martinisi Tintori and Sassi p. 272 figs. 12-14,15A
2022Italopterus martinisi Shen and Arratia p. 1327

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
orderPeltopleuriformes
superfamilyThoracopteroidea
familyThoracopteridae
genusItalopterus
speciesmartinisi()

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.

Italopterus martinisi Tintori and Sassi 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:52:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: Alaunian or 215.56000 to 212.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Italy Thoracopterus martinisi (type locality: 117192)