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Acrolepis gigas

Elonichthyiformes - Acrolepididae

Taxonomy
Amblypterus gigas was named by Frič (1877) [Lectotype designated by Štamberg 1991]. Its type specimen is NMP M 125, a partial skeleton (Nearly complete fish with poorly preserved anal and caudal fins), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Žilov, which is in a Stephanian B lacustrine horizon in the Slaný Formation of the Czech Republic.

It was recombined as Elonichthys gigas by Woodward (1891); it was recombined as Acrolepis gigas by Fritsch (1895).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Amblypterus gigas Fritsch
1877Amblypterus gigas Frič
1891Elonichthys gigas Woodward p. 494
1895Acrolepis gigas Fritsch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
—Actinopterygii()
orderElonichthyiformesKazantseva-Selezneva 1977
familyAcrolepididaeAldinger 1937
genusAcrolepis
speciesgigas(Frič 1877)

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.

†Acrolepis gigas Frič 1877
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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

Age range: base of the Moscovian to the top of the Stephanian C or 315.20000 to 300.40000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Czech Republic (Central Bohemia) Acrolepis gigas (125251)
Stephanian B301.5 - 301.0Czech Republic (Central Bohemia) Acrolepis gigas (227415 227426)
Stephanian B301.5 - 301.0Czech Republic (Rakovník) Acrolepis gigas (154179)
Stephanian B301.5 - 301.0Czech Republic (Plzeň) Acrolepis gigas (227455)
Stephanian B301.5 - 301.0Czech Republic (Plzeň / Pilsen North) Acrolepis gigas (type locality: 227301)
Stephanian C301.0 - 300.4Czech Republic (Central Bohemia) Acrolepis gigas (227420)