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Rieppelia heinzfurreri

Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Latimeriidae

Taxonomy
Rieppelia heinzfurreri was named by Ferrante and Cavin (2023). Its type specimen is PIMUZ T 5902, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Rieppelia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2023Rieppelia heinzfurreri Ferrante and Cavin p. 2 figs. 2, 3, S1, S2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
classCoelacanthimorpha
orderCoelacanthiformesBerg 1937
familyLatimeriidaeBerg 1940
subfamilyTicinepomiinae
genusRieppelia
speciesheinzfurreri

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.

†Rieppelia heinzfurreri Ferrante and Cavin 2023
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 15:11:50
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:11:50
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Illyrian or 243.33000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Switzerland (Ticino) Holophagus picenus (44703) Rieppelia heinzfurreri (44619 44628 44697 44708 86830 86831 230718 230719 230720 230721 230722 230723 230724 230725)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Switzerland Holophagus picenus (141613) Rieppelia heinzfurreri (117944)