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Lepidotes dashanpuensis

Osteichthyes - Lepisosteiformes

Taxonomy
Lepidotes dashanpuensis was named by Peng et al. (2005). Its type specimen is ZDM 1001, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dashanpu Dinosaur Quarry [lower], which is in a Bajocian/Oxfordian lacustrine sandstone/mudstone in the Shaximiao Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Lepidotes dashanpuensis Peng et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—NeopterygiiRegan 1923
—Ginglymodi(Cope 1871)
orderLepisosteiformesHay 1929
genusLepidotes
speciesdashanpuensis

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.

†Lepidotes dashanpuensis Peng et al. 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:27:01
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:32:18
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Oxfordian or 170.90000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian - Oxfordian170.9 - 154.8China (Sichuan) Lepidotes dashanpuensis (type locality: 24883)