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Pteronisculus gyrolepidoides

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Glaucolepis gyrolepidoides was named by Stensiö (1921). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Mt. Congress, lowest Triassic bone-bed, which is in a Dienerian marine siliciclastic in Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

It was recombined as Pteronisculus gyrolepidoides by Argyriou et al. (2022).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Glaucolepis gyrolepidoides Stensiö p. 201 figs. Pl. 25, Figs. 1,2
1942Glaucolepis gyrolepidoides Nielsen p. 275
2022Pteronisculus gyrolepidoides Argyriou et al. p. 25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
genusPteronisculus
speciesgyrolepidoides()

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, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Dienerian to the top of the Smithian or 250.50000 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Svalbard and Jan Mayen Glaucolepis gyrolepidoides (type locality: 120223)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Svalbard and Jan Mayen Glaucolepis gyrolepidoides (120303)