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Darlingtonichthys raumi

Osteichthyes - Rhadinichthyiformes - Willomorichthyidae

Taxonomy
Darlingtonichthys raumi was named by Evans (2005) [Unpublished PhD thesis]. Its type specimen is PRV 635, a partial skeleton (fish missing part of skull), 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. It is the type species of Darlingtonichthys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Darlingtonichthys raumi Evans pp. 72-73 figs. 3.12a-b, pl. 3.34-35

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
orderRhadinichthyiformes
familyWillomorichthyidae
genusDarlingtonichthys
speciesraumi

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.

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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: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Tournaisian or 358.86000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7South Africa (Eastern Cape) Darlingtonichthys raumi (type locality: 226927)