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Tenupiscis dakotaensis

Taxonomy
Tenupiscis dakotaensis was named by Stack et al. (2025). Its type specimen is FMNH PF 3712, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quarry Park, Rapid City, which is in a Kungurian shallow subtidal limestone in the Minnekahta Formation of South Dakota. It is the type species of Tenupiscis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Tenupiscis dakotaensis Stack et al. p. 4 figs. 1, 3-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
—Actinopterygii()
genusTenupiscis
speciesdakotaensis

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.

†Tenupiscis dakotaensis Stack et al. 2025
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (South Dakota) Tenupiscis dakotaensis (type locality: 226449)