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Libys callolepis

Osteichthyes - Coelacanthiformes - Latimeriidae

Taxonomy
Libys callolepis was named by Ferrante et al. (2022). Its type specimen is NMBE 5034072/3, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Les Pueys, Teysachaux, which is in a Falciferum marine lime mudstone in the Staldengraben Formation of Switzerland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Libys callolepis Ferrante et al. p. 5 figs. 3-5, 6A

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
infraclassActinistia(Cope 1870)
orderCoelacanthiformesBerg 1937
suborderLatimerioidei(Schultze 1993)
familyLatimeriidaeBerg 1940
subfamilyLatimeriinaeBerg 1940
genusLibys
speciescallolepis

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.

†Libys callolepis Ferrante et al. 2022
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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: Falciferum or 184.20000 to 182.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Switzerland Libys callolepis (type locality: 231794)