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Carbonilepis uruguayensis

Elonichthyiformes - Eigiliidae

Taxonomy
Carbonilepis uruguayensis was named by Beltan (1977). Its type specimen is GPIT 1463a-b, a partial skeleton (Head lacking anterior part, and anterior part of body), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Carbonilepis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Carbonilepis uruguayensis Beltan
2021Carbonilepis uruguayensis Schultze et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
—Actinopterygii()
orderElonichthyiformesKazantseva-Selezneva 1977
familyEigiliidae(Kazan'tseva 1981)
genusCarbonilepis
speciesuruguayensis

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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Sakmarian or 298.90000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Uruguay (Northern Uruguay) Carbonilepis uruguayensis (232871)