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Heimenia ensis

Osteichthyes - Porolepidiformes

Taxonomy
Heimenia ensis was named by Ørvig (1969). Its type specimen is SMNHP 6475, an osteoderm, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Heimenia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Heimenia ensis Ørvig pp. 286 - 298 figs. 5-6
2006Heimenia ensis Clément et al.
2012Heimenia ensis Mondéjar-Fernández and Clément pp. 268 - 269 fig. 3–9
2020Heimenia ensi Mondéjar‐Fernández et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
infraclassDipnomorpha(Ahlberg 1991)
superorderPorolepidimorpha
orderPorolepidiformes(Jarvik 1942)
genusHeimenia
speciesensis

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.

Heimenia ensis Ørvig 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Early/Lower Eifelian or 393.47000 to 390.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eifelian393.47 - 390.5Svalbard and Jan Mayen Heimenia ensis (239547)