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Pyritocephalus comptus

Osteichthyes - Haplolepidae

Taxonomy
Pyritocephalus comptus was named by Westoll (1944). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Pyritocephalus comptus Westoll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
familyHaplolepidaeWestoll 1944
subfamilyParahaplolepinaeLowney 1983
genusPyritocephalusFritsch 1893
speciescomptus

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.

Pyritocephalus comptus Westoll 1944
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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, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Westphalian D or 309.80000 to 307.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.4USA (Illinois) Pyritocephalus comptus (21981)