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Agoultpycnodus aldrovandii

Osteichthyes - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae

Taxonomy
Agoultpycnodus aldrovandii was named by Taverne and Capasso (2021). Its type specimen is University of Chieti Museum 19591, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Agoult (University of Chieti collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Akrabou Formation of Morocco. It is the type species of Agoultpycnodus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Agoultpycnodus aldrovandii Taverne and Capasso p. 488 figs. 1-8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
superclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
orderPycnodontiformesBerg 1937
suborderPycnodontoidei
superfamilyPycnodontoidea
familyPycnodontidae()
genusAgoultpycnodus
speciesaldrovandii

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.

Agoultpycnodus aldrovandii Taverne and Capasso 2021
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: durophageo
Diet 2: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:40:08
Modified: 2013-12-06 12:04:31
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Morocco (Meknes-Tafilalet) Agoultpycnodus aldrovandii (type locality: 229373)