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Sundayichthys elegantulus
Taxonomy
Sundayichthys elegantulus was named by Gardiner (1969). Its type specimen is Geological Survey of South Africa, Pretoria, a partial skeleton (fish wanting tail), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Schiethoogte 279, which is in a Tournaisian lacustrine - large mudstone/marl in the Waaiport Formation of South Africa.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1969 | Sundayichthys elegantulus Gardiner p. 443 fig. 13 |
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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.
†Sundayichthys elegantulus Gardiner 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Tournaisian or 358.86000 to 346.70000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tournaisian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | Sundayichthys elegantulus (226926 type locality: 226927) |