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Aestuarichthys fulcratus

Palaeonisciformes - Platysomidae

Taxonomy
Aestuarichthys fulcratus was named by Gardiner (1969). Its type specimen is South African Museum, Cape Town, a partial skeleton (rather poorly preserved fish wanting tail and pectoral fins), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Soetendalsvlei, which is in a Tournaisian lacustrine - large mudstone/marl in the Waaiport Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Aestuarichthys.

Synonyms
  • Soetendalichthys cromptoni was named by Gardiner (1969). Its type specimen is SAM, a partial skeleton (incomplete fish wanting tail and front of head), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Soetendalsvlei, which is in a Tournaisian lacustrine - large mudstone/marl in the Waaiport Formation of South Africa.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Aestuarichthys fulcratus by Evans (2005).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Aestuarichthys fulcratus Gardiner
1969Soetendalichthys cromptoni Gardiner p. 447

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
suborderPlatysomoidei()
familyPlatysomidae
genusAestuarichthys
speciesfulcratus

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.

†Aestuarichthys fulcratus Gardiner 1969
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Invalid names: Soetendalichthys cromptoni Gardiner 1969 [synonym]
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 21:35:42
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:35:42
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Tournaisian or 358.86000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7South Africa (Eastern Cape) Aestuarichthys fulcratus (226927 226990 226991) Aestuarichthys fulcratus, Soetendalichthys cromptoni (type locality: 226926)