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Mesopoma macrocephalum

Taxonomy
Rhadinichthys macrocephalus was named by Traquair (1890). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Canobius macrocephalus by Woodward (1891); it was recombined as Mesopoma macrocephalum by Moy-Thomas (1938).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Rhadinichthys macrocephalus Traquair p. 398
1891Canobius macrocephalus Woodward p. 433
1938Mesopoma macrocephalum Moy-Thomas

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
—Actinopterygii()
genusMesopoma
speciesmacrocephalum(Traquair 1890)

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.

†Mesopoma macrocephalum Traquair 1890
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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, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Asbian or 339.90000 to 335.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Mesopoma macrocephalum (174063)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Mesopoma macrocephalum (230465)
Asbian - Brigantian339.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Mesopoma macrocephalum (229961 230464)