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Watsonichthys pectinatus

Elonichthyiformes - Acrolepidae

Taxonomy
Elonichthys pectinatus was named by Traquair (1877). Its type specimen is NMS 1874.22.2, a dermal scale, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Watsonichthys pectinatus by Aldinger (1937).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Elonichthys pectinatus Traquair
1937Watsonichthys pectinatus Aldinger

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
—Actinopterygii()
orderElonichthyiformesKazantseva-Selezneva 1977
familyAcrolepidae
genusWatsonichthysAldinger 1937
speciespectinatus(Traquair 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.

†Watsonichthys pectinatus Traquair 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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Brigantian to the top of the Pendleian or 335.90000 to 326.90000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Watsonichthys pectinatus (176673 230367)
Asbian - Brigantian339.9 - 330.3USA (Scotland) Watsonichthys pectinatus (230375)
Asbian - Brigantian339.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Watsonichthys pectinatus (230397 230416 230449 230456 230464 230467)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Elonichthys pectinatus (229842) Watsonichthys pectinatus (229839)
Brigantian - Pendleian335.9 - 326.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Watsonichthys pectinatus (230376)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Watsonichthys pectinatus (174421)
Pendleian - Arnsbergian330.3 - 323.6United Kingdom (Scotland) Watsonichthys pectinatus (229829)