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Paphosiscus circulocaudus

Paphosisciformes - Paphosiscidae

Taxonomy
Paphosiscus circulocaudus was named by Grogan and Lund (2015). Its type specimen is CM 62925, a skeleton (Complete fish), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Paphosiscus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Paphosiscus circulocaudus Grogan and Lund pp. 113-115 figs. 1-7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
—Actinopterygii()
orderPaphosisciformes
familyPaphosiscidae
genusPaphosiscus
speciescirculocaudus

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.

†Paphosiscus circulocaudus Grogan and Lund 2015
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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: Arnsbergian or 326.90000 to 323.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6USA (Montana) Paphosiscus circulocaudus (116654 116762 226838)