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Tholonotus braziliensis

Osteichthyes - Elonichthyiformes - Acrolepidae

Taxonomy
Tholonotus braziliensis was named by Dunkle and Schaeffer (1956). Its type specimen is USP VII-135, a skeleton (Impression of complete fish), and it is an impression.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Tholonotus braziliensis Dunkle and Schaeffer pp. 7-15 figs. 1-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
orderElonichthyiformesKazantseva-Selezneva 1977
familyAcrolepidae
genusTholonotus
speciesbraziliensis

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.

†Tholonotus braziliensis Dunkle and Schaeffer 1956
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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, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Wordian or 274.40000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28Brazil (Sao Paulo) Tholonotus braziliensis (232536)